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“What Are You Doing Here?”
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sweeping over the world. Bring faith into your experience. Faith
lightens every burden, relieves every weariness. By continued trust
in God you may come to understand God’s workings that are now
mysterious. The records of sacred history are written so that the
same faith shown in God’s servants of old may work in us. The Lord
will work now in no less remarkable a manner wherever there are
hearts of faith to be channels of His power.
Christ will never abandon those for whom He died. We may
leave Him and be overwhelmed with temptation, but Christ can
never turn from one for whom He has paid the ransom with His
own life. If our spiritual vision could be awakened, we would see
people bent under oppression, burdened with grief, and ready to die
in discouragement. We would see angels flying quickly to help these
tempted ones, forcing back the hosts of evil. The battles between
the two armies are real. Eternal destinies depend on the outcome of
the spiritual conflict.
God’s messengers are not to feel that His work depends on them.
He who never slumbers will carry forward His work. He will thwart
the plans of the wicked and bring to confusion the counsels of those
who plot evil against His people. He who is the King, the Lord of
hosts, sits between the cherubim, and amid the strife and tumult of
nations He still guards His children. When the arrows of His wrath
strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will be safe in
His hands.
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