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The Saving Providences Of God, March 5
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
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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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