For instance, some one may persecute us. The
spirit of persecution is wicked and God has nothing to do with it; but
before that persecution reaches us it must pass God's will; so the
persecution becomes God's will to us, and we bear it for His sake. God
may put some bad medicine in human bottles and cause us to drink of them
for our good.
This victorious life is a life on wings. We are to mount up with wings
as eagles. The wings are faith and consecration. When troubles come, we
flap our wings and fly over them. Since we are God's, it is His place
to bring us out and help us over, hence the fully consecrated soul trusts,
and lets God work matters out. Of course, this does not mean that we
shall not help ourselves. In fact, little trust can be exercised until
we have done all we can do to help ourselves; but if we can not avail
or prevail, we carry it to the Lord and leave it with Him to work out.
David speaks of the Lord's hiding him in His secret place, in His pavilion,
under His wings. Jesus has said that not a hair of our head shall fall
without our Father's notice. Peter says we are to cast all our care upon
God, for God careth for us. And Paul exhorts us to be careful for nothing,
but with prayer and thanksgiving let our requests be known to God.
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