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His by Creation and Redemption, February 10
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me.
Psalm 119:73
.
Let us take in the idea of the privilege we have. There are so many who, when
they are in trouble, fall into temptation and lose their bearings. They forget the
invitations God has abundantly given, and begin to look and plan for human help.
They go to human beings for aid, and this is the way in which their experience
becomes feeble, and confused. In all our trials we are directed to seek the Lord
most earnestly, remembering that we are His property, His children by adoption. No
human being can understand our necessities as Christ. We shall receive help if we
ask Him in faith. We are His by creation, we are His by redemption. By the cords
of divine love we are bound to the Source of all power and strength. If we will only
make God our dependence, asking Him for what we want as a little child asks His
father for what he wants, we shall obtain a rich experience. We shall learn that God
is the source of all strength and power.
If when you ask, you do not immediately feel any special exercise of feeling, do
not think that your prayer is not answered. The One who says, “Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened,”
will hear and answer you
. Let then His Word be your trust, ask
and seek, and have the privilege of finding. Christ has encouraged you. He says,
“Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden
, and I
will give you rest
.
Take my yoke upon you”—the yoke of restraint and obedience—“and learn of me,
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
We are to find rest by wearing His yoke and bearing His burdens. In being
coworkers with Christ in the great work for which He gave His life, we shall find
true rest. When we were sinners He gave His life for us. He wants us to come
to Him and learn of Him. Thus we are to find rest.
He
says He will give us rest.
Then do not lay your burdens upon any human being. “Learn of Me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart.” In doing this you will find in your own experience the rest that
Christ gives, the rest that comes from wearing His yoke and lifting His burdens.
God has been greatly dishonored by His people leaning upon human beings. He
has not told us to do this. He has told us that He will teach us, He will guide us....
Think of how many promises He has given us, which we may grasp by the hand of
faith.... He wants us to become acquainted with Him, to speak to Him, to tell Him
of our difficulties, and obtain an experience in asking of One who never misjudges
and never makes a mistake (
Manuscript144, 1901
).
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