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God’s Plans Are Best
Our plans are not always God’s plans. He may see that it is best
for us and for His cause to refuse our very best intentions, as He
did when King David wanted to build the temple. But of one thing
we may be assured, He will bless and use in the advancement of
His cause those who sincerely devote themselves and all they have
to His glory. If He sees it best not to grant their desires, He will
counterbalance the refusal by giving them tokens of His love and
entrusting to them another service.
In His loving care and interest for us, often He who understands
us better than we understand ourselves refuses to permit us selfishly
to seek the gratification of our own ambition. He does not permit us
to pass by the simple but sacred duties that lie near us. Often these
duties afford the very training essential to prepare us for a higher
work. Often our plans fail that God’s plans for us may succeed.
We are never called upon to make a real sacrifice for God. He
asks us to yield many things to Him, but in doing this we are only
giving up that which hinders us in the heavenward way. Even when
called upon to surrender those things that in themselves are good,
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we may be sure that God is working out for us some higher good.
In the future life the mysteries that here have annoyed and dis-
appointed us will be made plain. We shall see that our seemingly
unanswered prayers and disappointed hopes have been among our
greatest blessings.
We are to look upon every duty, however humble, as sacred
because it is a part of God’s service. Our daily prayer should be,
“Lord, help me to do my best. Teach me how to do better work.
Give me energy and cheerfulness. Help me to bring into my service
the loving ministry of the Savior.”
A Lesson From the Life of Moses
Consider the experience of Moses. The education he received
in Egypt as the king’s grandson and prospective heir to the throne
was very thorough. Nothing was neglected that was calculated to
make him a wise man, as the Egyptians understood wisdom. He
received the highest civil and military training. He felt that he was