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Trust in Time of Difficulty, April 26
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no
herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God
of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:17, 18
.
The children of God may rejoice in all things and at all times. When
troubles and difficulties come, believing in the wise providence of God,
you may rejoice. You need not wait for a happy flight of feeling, but by
faith you may lay hold of the promises and lift up a hymn of thanksgiving
to God....
Memory’s hall should be hung with sacred pictures, with views of
Jesus, with lessons of His truth, with revealings of His matchless charms.
If memory’s hall were thus furnished, we would not look upon our lot as
intolerable. We would not talk of the faults of others. Our souls would be
full of Jesus and His love. We would not desire to dictate to the Lord the
way that He should lead. We would love God supremely and our neighbor
as ourselves. When the joy of the Lord is in the soul, you will not be able
to repress it; you will want to tell others of the treasure you have found;
you will speak of Jesus and His matchless charms. We should devote all to
Him. Our minds should be educated to dwell upon those things that will
glorify God; and if our mental powers are dedicated to God, our talents
will improve, and we shall have more and more ability to render to the
Master. We shall become channels of light to others.
We can have a close connection with God and with our Saviour; and
when we are connected with God, we shall be all light in the Lord, for in
Him is no darkness at all.
As we learn of Christ, we shall understand how to keep our spiritual
strength, we shall feed on the Word of God, and we shall have the blessed
experience described by the apostle in these words: “Whom having not
seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory” (
1 Peter 1:8
).
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