| J.R. Miller D.D. | Page 11 |
God is wise. We are not wise enough to direct the affairs of our own lives, even if we had the power to shape things to our minds. Our outlook is limited – cut off by life’s close horizons. We do not know what the final outcome of this or that choice would be. Oft times the things we think we need, and think would bring us happiness and good, would only work us harm in the end. Thing we dread and shrink from, supposing they would bring us hurt and evil, are ofttimes the bearers to us of rich blessings. We are not wise enough to choose our own circumstances, or to guide our own affairs. Only God can do this for us. He not only has strength – he has also knowledge of us and of our need and of our danger. He knows all about us – our condition, our suffering, our trials, our griefs, the little things that vex us, as well as the great things that would crush us. Mrs. Sangster’s lines give the lesson of faith:
“The little sharp vexations
And the briars that catch and fret–
Why not take all to the Helper
Who never has failed you yet?
Tell him about the heartache,
And tell him the longing, too;
Tell him the baffled purpose
When you scarce knew what to do.
Then, leaving all your weakness
With the One divinely strong,
Forget that you bore the burden,
And carry away the song.”
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