Since true faith rests upon what God is, it is of utmost importance that, to the limit of our comprehension, we know what He is. "They that know thy name will put their trust in thee" (Psalms 9:10). The name of God is the verbal expression of His character, and confidence always rises or falls with known character. What the psalmist said was simply that they who know God to be the kind of God He is will put their confidence in Him. This is not a special virtue, I repeat, but the normal direction any mind takes when confronted with the fact. We are so made that we trust good character and distrust its opposite. That is why unbelief is so intensely wicked. "He that believeth not God hath made him a liar" (1 John 5:10). The character of God is the Christian's final ground of assurance and the solution of many, if not most, of his practical religious problems. Some persons, for instance, believe that God answered prayer in Bible times but will not do so today, and others hold that the miracles of olden days can never be repeated. To believe so is to deny or at least to ignore almost everything God has revealed about Himself. We must remember that God always acts like Himself. He has never at any time anywhere in the vast universe acted otherwise than in character with His infinite perfections. This knowledge should be a warning to the enemies of God, and it cannot but be an immense consolation to His friends.

A.W. Tozer's materials are a mainstay in Evangelical churches in our day and he is one of the most quoted authors. He was a prophet in his day and his writings are even more influential in our day. One of his books: The Pursuit of God, has had over 1 million copies sold world-wide.

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer

God Always Acts Like Himself

Christ, in the prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John, says: " I have manifested thy name unto the men that thou gavest me." And again: "I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it." The manifestation of God's name is the manifestation of God. They that know his name know him, and they put their trust in him. Knowledge and faith are in inseparable alliance. Unbelief and ignorance go together. Do you grieve over your want of faith? Grieve over your want of knowledge. Look unto Emmanuel, God manifest in the flesh. Remember his kindness towards the sons of men, his sacrifices of glory, felicity, power, rest, reputation, liberty, health and life; remember what he has been to you individually; look at him through his promises, invitation and predictions, and trust in him. When any one withholds his confidence from you, you say, " He does not know me." The implication of the text is, that there is everything attractive about the character of God. It is impossible to know him without being drawn to repose all confidence in him, and to commit all our interests to him. To know him is to know in him one who is willing to employ infinite wisdom, knowledge, power, and wealth in the utmost possible promotion of our interests. To know him is to know that without him we are nothing - as dead men in respect to all true excellence.

A daily devotional written by a Baptist Missionary to India, Reverend George Bowen (1816-1888) over 150 years ago.

Bowen's Daily Meditations

" They that know thy name will put their trust in thee." - Psalms 9:10. 

The promise of the Lord never to forsake the soul that trusts in him, looks familiarly and kindly forth upon us, from many a page of Scripture, old and new. But we have here an historical statement to the effect that he has never forsaken them that seek him. This is a bold averment. History is a very large affair. Ten thousand volumes were but a small part of its library. It is startled by the challenge contained in our text; and takes down volume after volume, saying, " I will easily, with my voluminous records, levy an army of many thousand facts to confound this statement.'' Unbelief nods assent, saying, " The statement needs modification: We have often been forsaken of the Lord." The promise is not that we shall always have a sensible manifestation of the Lord. - That we shall always have a soul-gladdening consciousness of his presence. - That we shall always be able to understand his dealings with us. - That we shall be kept from disappointments, and from anguish of spirit. The promise is not that we shall never be cast into a den of lions; - never into a fiery furnace, - never be a fugitive by the brooks Cherith, or under the juniper tree - never be brought before Nero. Look for the token that the Lord hath not forsaken you, in the right place. Look for it in the den of lions, and you will find it in the form of an angel. Look for it in the burning fiery furnace, and find it in the form of the Son of God. Look at Elijah under the juniper tree. He seems to have been surprised into a loss of faith, when he heard that the queen had sworn to take his life; to have imagined that the Lord had forsaken him; to have fled in dishonorable alarm; and to have cast himself, way-worn and anguish stricken, under the juniper tree, with a feeling that it was about as well to die, seeing that no degree of intimacy with the Lord would secure a man from being forsaken of him. But it was not the Lord that had forsaken him; it was he that had forsaken himself; and this he now discovered. Afterwards the still small voice came, saying, " The Lord is in me, but thou canst not hear me nor discern him, if thou hearken to the voice of an angry queen; it is the privilege of faith to hear me even amid the thunders of God's most agitated providence."

"Thou Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." - Psalms 9:10. 

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. § I will trust and not be afraid; ‘for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. § For the Lord loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of all the wicked shall be cut off. § The Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. § Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us. Be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Morning Daily Light

 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for  You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. 

This is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. § I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor. § O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. Mighty God, Everlasting Father. § I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. Prince of Peace. § He Himself is our peace. § Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. § Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help. § Like birds flying about, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; passing over, He will preserve it.

Evening Daily Light

 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You. 

<blockquote>
And they who know Thy Name will put their trust in Thee" (<a id="verse_1632879658703446" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Psalm/9/10">Ps. 9:10</a>).
</blockquote>Our experiences must be judged by God's Word, never the Word judged by our experiences. Normally, the Spirit of Truth will reveal a truth to us from the Scriptures and, as we exercise faith in what we have been shown, will begin to take us into the experience of it. Abnormally, a Christian will yearn for an experience,' and then attempt to find corroboration for it in the Word."Knowledge must carry the torch before faith." Always give God's Word first place, "for the Word of God liveth and worketh, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, yea, to the inmost parts thereof, and judging the thoughts and imaginations of the heart" (<a id="verse_1632879658297552" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Hebrews/4/12">Heb. 4:12</a>, Cony.)."A person may easily know his sins forgiven, but it is a further truth to know that he himself has died to sin.' He finds this conflicts with his experience. Suppose I tell you a debt of a thousand pounds which you owed was paid by someone, it would not be a question of experience, but of simply believing my statement. Just so with God. He tells us our sins are forgiven, and it is a question whether we believe Him. But when He tells us we have died to sin, we look inside and say, Ah, sin is still at work; how is that?' A person must be taught of God to know really the truth that he has died to sin." -J.N.D."It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God" (<a id="verse_1632879658693541" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Luke/4/4">Luke 4:4</a>).

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Experience Superseded 

10 <poetry>Those who know your name trust in you, <indent>for you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, have never forsaken those who seek you. </indent></poetry>

Those who know your name<cr>1</cr> trust in you, <indent>for you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, have never forsaken<cr>2</cr> those who seek you.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/>

Psalm 9:10

 10 Those who know your name   trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken   those who seek you.   

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<poetry>Those who know your name trust in you, <indent>for you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, have never forsaken those who seek you. </indent></poetry>

 Those who know your name   trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken   those who seek you.   

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