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Trust When You Make Mistakes, April 27
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not
be moved.
Psalm 62:5, 6
.
To each one of us has been given the inestimable privilege of being a
child of God. Why, then, should we be unhappy? We are all sinful, but
we have a Saviour who can take away our sins, for in Him is no sin. We
all have many difficulties to meet, many perplexing problems to solve.
But we have an all-powerful Helper, who will listen to our requests as
willingly and gladly as He listened to the requests of those who, when He
was on this earth in person, came to Him for help....
Do you make mistakes? Do not let this discourage you. The Lord
may permit you to make small mistakes in order to save you from making
larger mistakes. Go to Jesus, and ask Him to forgive you, and then believe
that He does. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (
1 John 1:9
).
When discouragement presses heavily upon you, read the following
scriptures: ...
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves
and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command his lov-
ingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God of my life. I will say unto God my rock, Why
hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression
of the enemy? ... Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and my God” (
Psalm 42:7-11
).
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. There-
fore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the moun-
tains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar
and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.”
“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto
death” (
Psalm 46:1-3
;
48:14
).
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