"I have to learn that the aim in life is God’s, not mine. God is using me from His great personal standpoint, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him, and never say – Lord, this gives me such heart-ache. To talk in that way makes me a clog. When I stop telling God what I want, He can catch me up for what He wants without let or hindrance. He can crumple me up or exalt me, He can do anything He chooses. He simply asks me to have implicit faith in Himself and in His goodness. Self pity is of the devil, if I go off on that line I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world. I have "a world within the world" in which I live, and God will never be able to get me outside it because I am afraid of being frost-bitten."
God is very clear about who He is:
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
He sees the beginning from the end, and He sees the proper part that we are to play in it. He feeds us, He leads us, and He speeds us on our way.
"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1)
He is my light, directing my steps; He is my salvation, forever safeguarding from forever falls and failure. He is my strength and my life -- He gives me the power and the purpose to do what He wants me to do.
Therefore, there is no reason to delve into self-pity. We have everything with Christ is us (cf Psalm 23:1). We look unto Him, fully aware of us tender-loving care for us, as He is inseparable from us, for:
"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." (Isaiah 46:16)
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