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Fearless Cheer
The Name that brought the old heathen quick relief from bodily appetite is available for every sort of need, and in every sort of emergency. It is our strong tower into which we can run and be safe. Satan hates that Name. He fears it. All the victory of Nazareth, and the Wilderness, of Calvary, and the Resurrection, is bound up in that Name. And now it is ours to use. The Master has bequeathed to us the right to use that Name, and as we do there is as much and as sure victory for us as there was gotten by Him.
There is a last word that ought to be put in. It should be used as a sort of bright underscoring to all that has been said, and to all that will be said. It will affect the spirit of all our life, and of all our fighting. It is a word from our Master's own lips. It comes to us out of the darkness of the darkest night He knew. In that exquisitely quiet voice of His he said, "Be of good cheer; I have overcome." (Joh_16:33.) Out of the gloom of that betrayal night it shines as a bright gleam of light. It stands out against the background of the betrayal of a sacred friendship trust, as a beam of God's own sunshine out of black storm clouds.
"Be of good cheer"—the uplift of its music is immense. Let the joyous music of His victory ring its melody in your soul, and then let the gladness of it out in all your life. Be cheery! Sing as you fight. Be joyous as you push on. There is an enemy; yes, but he is defeated. He is still free to fight; yes, but every fight is meant to mean a fresh defeat for him. We are living on the battlefield; yes, but it is to be a victory-field for us, because of our Leader. The tempter is cunning and persistent; yes, but he is a whipped foe. The enemy is more than a match for us; yes, but he has been fairly outmatched by our Lord Jesus. Cheer up! Fasten the flag at the top of the mast, and nail it there, and clinch the nails, cut away the ropes; the flag, the Victor's flag, is there to stay.
"Be of good cheer; I." With that glad ringing cry of cheer, couple the personality of Him who gives it to us—"Be of good cheer; I." It is because of Him that we can be of good cheer. He is the basis of the cheer. Let this be our constant fighting cry, "Be of good cheer; I—"