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Take Jesus at His Word, September 16
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:6
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I keep your case before me, and I am grieved that you are troubled in
mind. I would comfort you if it were in my power. Has not Jesus, the precious
Saviour, been to you so many times a present help in times of need? Do not
grieve the Holy Spirit, but cease worrying. This is what you have many times
talked to others. Let the words of those who are not sick, as you are, comfort
you, and may the Lord help you, is my prayer.
If it is the Lord’s will that you should die, you should feel that it is your
privilege to commit your whole being—body, soul, and spirit—into the hands
of a just and merciful God. He has no such feelings of condemnation as you
imagine. I want you to stop thinking that the Lord does not love you. Cast
yourself unreservedly upon the merciful provisions that He has made....
You need not think that you have done anything which would lead God to
treat you with severity. I know better. Just believe in His love, and take Him
at His word....
He would have you believe, and act out your faith. Christ has given us in
His life an illustration of the amiability of character that He would have us
all possess.... No suspicion of distrust is to take possession of our minds. No
apprehension of the greatness of God is to confuse our faith. May God help
us to humble ourselves in meekness and lowliness.
Christ laid aside His royal robe and kingly crown, that He might associate
with humanity and show that human beings may be perfect. Clad in the
garments of mercy He lived in our world a perfect life to give us evidence of
His love. He has done that which should make unbelief in Him impossible.
From His high command in the heavenly courts He stooped to take human
nature upon Him. His life is an example of what our lives may be. That
no apprehension of God’s greatness should come in to efface our belief in
God’s love, Christ became a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. The
human heart, given up to Him, will become a sacred harp, sending forth
sacred music.—
Letter 365, September 16, 1904
, to Marian Davis, one of
Ellen White’s literary assistants, dying of consumption.
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