JESUS CHRIST-PROVIDENCE
There may be circumstances
in your earthly lot which at this moment are peculiarly trying. You look around and wonder how this or that circumstance
will terminate. At present it looks
very dark--clouds and mists hang over it, and you fear lest these clouds may
break, not in showers upon your head, but burst forth in the lightning flash
and the thunder stroke! But all things
are put in subjection under Christ's feet!
That which you dread cannot take place except by His sovereign will--nor
can it move any further except by His supreme disposal. Then make yourself quiet. He will not allow you to be harmed. That frowning providence shall only execute
His sovereign purposes, and it shall be among those all things which, according
to His promise, shall work together for your good. None of our trials come upon us by chance! They are all appointed in weight and
measure--are all designed to fulfill a certain end. And however painful they may at present be, yet they are intended
for your good. When the trial comes
upon you, what a help it would be for you if you could view it thus, “This
trial is sent for my good. It does not
spring out of the dust. The Lord
Himself is the supreme disposer of it.
It is very painful to bear; but let me believe that He has appointed me
this peculiar trial, along with every other circumstance. He will bring about His own will therein,
and either remove the trial, or give me patience under it, and submission to
it.”
J.C. Philpot
The Subjection of All Things Under the Feet of Jesus.