Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

                                                            Peace Whatever Exposure

"I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods."
                                                                                       ~ Ezekiel 34:25

  "It is the height of grace that Jehovah should be in covenant with man, a feeble, sinful creature. Yet the Lord has solemnly entered into a faithful covenant with us, and from that covenant He will never turn aside. In virtue of this covenant we are safe. As lions and wolves are driven off by shepherds, so shall all noxious influences be chased away. The Lord will give us rest from disturbers and destroyers.
  The Lord's people are to enjoy security in places of the greatest exposure: wilderness and woods are to be as pastures and folds to the flock of Christ. If the Lord does not change the place for the better, He will make us the better in the place. Nothing without or within should cause any fear to the child of God. By faith the wilderness can become the suburbs of heaven, and the woods the vestibule of glory." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)