[Songs in the Night - May 28]
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust. Psalm 40:4
IF WE leave the world to become the Lord's people,
and receive the lessons of experience at his hand with
proper faith in him, the outcome will surely be a readiness
and promptness to make a full consecration, a full
submission of ourselves to do the Lord's will; to follow
his leadings; to inherit whatsoever he has for us.
And if the faith be of the proper kind we will say with
the prophet, "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."
Such, and
such alone, can be led of the Lord in this present Gospel
age, in which we must walk by faith, not by sight.
Such alone will have the confidence to go forward encountering
the various oppositions within and without
in the present time.
Such will eventually be God's
representatives and leaders in the blessing of the
world in the millennial age.
Let us learn well the lesson
of faith, of trust, as God informs us of his appreciation
of this quality, and that he can deal with us
only in proportion as we possess it, so in our own experiences
we find that we love most to assist and encourage
those who manifest an abiding confidence in
us. Z'02-255 R3064:4 (Hymn 174)