Begone, Unbelief!

At this point in my life when I'm trying (but struggling) to find solace, confidence, inspiration and fresh hope, i hope stumbling upon this hymn again would help.

I have sung this hymn numerouse times in church but never has it resonated sooo deeply within the very core of me! And not even because it is describing what I'm feeling at present, but it is describing where i want to be with respect to my spirituality and faith in God. I know I'm not there yet; I cannot say my faith has been shaken. No no no! God has shown me that faith pays. I am just seeking a deeper understanding of what his plan is for me and my family.

Yes, my life is dark and dreary at present but I'm looking for the inner strength and a sort of link by which I can hold on or cleave much tighter to God. From where else would I find solace?


Begone unbelief, my Savior is near,
And for my relief will surely appear:
By prayer let me wrestle, and He wilt perform,
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.

Though dark be my way, since He is my Guide,
’Tis mine to obey, ’tis His to provide;
Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
The Word He has spoken shall surely prevail.

His love in time past forbids me to think
He’ll leave me at last in trouble to sink;
Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review,
Confirms His good pleasure to help me quite through.

Determined to save, He watched o’er my path,
When Satan’s blind slave, I sported with death;
And can He have taught me to trust in His Name,
And thus far have brought me, to put me to shame?

Why should I complain of want or distress,
Temptation or pain? He told me no less:
The heirs of salvation, I know from His Word,
Through much tribulation must follow their Lord.

How bitter that cup, no heart can conceive,
Which He drank quite up, that sinners might live!
His way was much rougher, and darker than mine;
Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I repine?

Since all that I meet shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet, the medicine is food;
Though painful at present, wilt cease before long,
And then, O! how pleasant, the conqueror’s song!

Amen!