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The Saving Providences of God, February 27
And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
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The fact that we are called upon to endure trial shows that the Lord
Jesus sees in us something precious which He desires to develop. If He
saw in us nothing whereby He might glorify His name, He would not
spend time in refining us. He does not cast worthless stones into His
furnace. It is valuable ore that He refines.
God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to
be led, if they could see the end from the beginning and discern the
glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as co-workers with Him.
All that has perplexed us in the providences of God will in the world
to come be made plain. The things hard to be understood will then find
explanation. The mysteries of grace will unfold before us. Where our
finite minds discovered only confusion and broken promises, we shall
see the most perfect and beautiful harmony. We shall know that infinite
love ordered the experiences that seemed most trying.
He who is imbued with the Spirit of Christ abides in Christ. The
blow that is aimed at him falls upon the Saviour, who surrounds him
with His presence. Whatever comes to him comes from Christ. He has
no need to resist evil, for Christ is his defense. Nothing can touch him
except by our Lord’s permission, and “all things” that are permitted
“work together for good to them that love God.”
Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which
we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the
service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish and a plain path
before their feet.
As a little child, trust to the guidance of Him who will “keep the
feet of his saints.”
1 Samuel 2:9
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As we commit our ways to Him, He will direct our steps.
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