Spiritual Depression May have Physical Causes
J. Griffin. Isaiah 54:7-10 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.… A good many supposed alienations are merely the result of physical causes. If our physical nature were better understood our spiritual depressions would be a great deal less thought of. Many a man suffers from melancholy who supposes that God has forsaken him, simply because he has inherited a constitution that has been vitiated, or because he has tampered with the laws and ordinances of nature, or because he is undergoing a process which may be absolutely necessary for his purification and strengthening. Do not suppose that God is moved by moods and-whims as we are, that he favours a child to-day, and rebukes the child to-morrow, without any reason or sense of justice. (J. Griffin.) Parallel Verses KJV: For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. WEB: "For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.