Whispers of His Power – APRIL 18
The only thing that can hinder a life from telling for Him is the mind that puts self in the centre, and the mind that refuses suffering.
The only thing that can hinder a life from telling for Him is the mind that puts self in the centre, and the mind that refuses suffering.
If for any good reason we cannot gather our spiritual food on some particular day, God makes it all right. But this does not alter the ordinary rule of daily gathering our daily portion.
I have been making a list of figs, those little things not worth caring about and yet about which we are sometimes tempted to grumble.
Perhaps we shall see the angels first, as I suppose the happy Lazarus did when he was ‘carried by angels’ all the way home. But that will only be the beginning of joy.
Evil seems at present to be terrifically strong, and it seems to be triumphing everywhere. But it is on its way to its end. Good, not evil, will triumph.
The Lord is our Confidence? Shall we say it to our own hearts when they are tempted to fear
Look, and as you look a change will pass over you. You will see that what previously looked impossible is really the only possible thing for a follower of the Crucified to do.
Let us ask our God to put an everlasting Amen to His Will down in the bottom of our souls. And let us ask Him to keep it there.
Can we say what David’s servants said to their king in 2 Samuel 15.15? Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.
That longsuffering was … for us who also have to bear long with difficult souls.