[Manna - July 29]
Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us. Daniel 3:17
THE Lord's providences vary, and it is not for His
people to decide when shall come remarkable deliverances,
and when they shall apparently be left entirely
to the will of their enemies without any manifestation
of divine favor on their behalf....Sometimes,
the Lord's people who are bound, restrained of liberty
to proclaim the Truth, find, as did the three Hebrews,
that the fire burns the cords and sets them
free, and really gives them larger opportunities to
testify to the glory of our God than they could have
had by any other course.
It is not, therefore, for us to predetermine what
shall be the divine providence in respect to ourselves;
we are to note the point of right and duty and to follow
it regardless of consequences, trusting implicitly
to the Lord. Z.'99-171 R2496:3