| Finding the Way |
Chapter 14 |
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This makes the way of life very plain and simple. We have only one thing to do – to obey Christ. In whatever way His will is made known to us, whether in His word, through our own consciences, or in His providences, we have but to accept it and do it. It may mean the setting aside of cherished plans, the giving up of things that are dearest to us, a life of pain and suffering, but in any case it is ours to obey without question. Then we may fix it unalterably in our belief that there never can be any mistake in our Master’s guidance. Obedience always leads to blessing. It cannot be otherwise, since God is God and His Name is Love. Christ cannot fail to keep His smallest word. The universe would fall to wreck if He did. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away.” Some day we shall know that the end of all our Lord’s commands, all His leadings, is good. The truth is put well in the oft quoted lines–
“Sometime, when all life’s lessons have been learned
And sun and stars for evermore have set,
The things which our weak judgments here have spurned,
The things o’er which we grieved with lashes wet,
Will flash before us, out of life’s dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all God’s plans are right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.
“Then be content, poor heart,
God’s plans like lilies pure and white unfold.
We must not tear the close shut leaves apart;
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold;
And if, through patient toil, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest,
When we shall clearly see and understand,
I know that we will say, ‘God knew the best.’”
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