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the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy
on thee.”
Isaiah 54:10
.
“Be not therefore anxious for the morrow.... Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof.”—Matthew 6:34, R. V.
If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no
need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant you are, knows
the end from the beginning. The events of tomorrow, which are hidden
from your view, are open to the eyes of Him who is omnipotent.
When we take into our hands the management of things with which
we have to do, and depend upon our own wisdom for success, we are
taking a burden which God has not given us, and are trying to bear it
without His aid. We are taking upon ourselves the responsibility that
belongs to God, and thus are really putting ourselves in His place. We
may well have anxiety and anticipate danger and loss, for it is certain
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to befall us. But when we really believe that God loves us and means
to do us good we shall cease to worry about the future. We shall trust
God as a child trusts a loving parent. Then our troubles and torments
will disappear, for our will is swallowed up in the will of God.
Christ has given us no promise of help in bearing today the bur-
dens of tomorrow. He has said, “My grace is sufficient for thee” (
2
Corinthians 12:9
); but, like the manna given in the wilderness, His
grace is bestowed daily, for the day’s need. Like the hosts of Israel
in their pilgrim life, we may find morning by morning the bread of
heaven for the day’s supply.
One day alone is ours, and during this day we are to live for God.
For this one day we are to place in the hand of Christ, in solemn
service, all our purposes and plans, casting all our care upon Him, for
He careth for us. “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
“In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength.”
Jeremiah 29:11
;
Isaiah 30:15
.
If you will seek the Lord and be converted every day; if you will of
your own spiritual choice be free and joyous in God; if with gladsome
consent of heart to His gracious call you come wearing the yoke of
Christ,—the yoke of obedience and service,—all your murmurings