PROMISE FOR MAY 1ST

"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1

This text suggests the proper frame of mind for all the LORD's people who are now fighting the good fight of faith. Though the situation may look dark and dangerous, and though the foes may multiply and perplexities increase, it bids them fear not. R. 2016, c.2, top.

This consolation, variously expressed throughout the Scriptures, comes with all its blessed potency in our times of greatest need.... Courage, born of faith and strengthened by endurance, cries with humble boldness in the midst of the deepest darkness of the most perplexing difficulties, and in the midst of the widest storms and most threatening dangers, "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" R. 1915, c.1, p.1; c.2, p.3.