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The Life of Faith Exemplified; Being Thoughts on the Principal Scenes in the Life and Times of David, King of Israel is unavailable, but you can change that!

In The Life of Faith Exemplified, Mackintosh turns to the story of David in order to understand how God operates in moments of crisis. Although he writes this book to address the economic hardships he himself faced—the Potato famine, in particular—his deeper motive lies in understanding how God’s presence during David’s crisis might speak to times of hardship whenever they occur. In this...

present rest, which, as saints, we find in being entirely subject to the will of God. This is opposed to restlessness. Thirdly, the rest that remains for the people of God. Now, David knew much of the blessedness of the second of these rests, inasmuch as he was entirely subject to the counsel and will of God, in reference to the kingdom. He was prepared to wait for God’s time, being assured that it was the best and wisest time. He could say, “My times are in thy hand; Father, I wish them there.”
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