| Finding the Way |
Chapter 7 |
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But the lesson applies to all choices and decisions. We do not know what path to take in all the tangled network of ways. We do not know to what any new road may lead us. We chafe and fret when we are not allowed to have our own way. But really we have no wisdom to choose what is best for us. We are safe only when we are Divinely led.
We behold the Master at prayer again, and this time something very wonderful happens. One evening He climbed a high mountain to get away from earth’s noises and confusions. He was setting out on His last journey to His cross, and sought strength for it. While He was praying, He was transfigured. The inference for us is that earnest prayer always transfigures.
And there are so many people who need transfiguring! Their faces are not bright. They lack joy. The peace of God is not revealed in them. They bear the marks of care, of fret, of anxiety, of discontent. They tell of defeat and disheartenment. Yet the love of Christ is meant to transfigure our lives. Paul gives us the secret when he tells us to be anxious for nothing, but instead to take every troubling thing to God in prayer, and then adds that if we do this the peace of God shall guard our hearts and our thoughts in Christ Jesus. The peace of God, then, makes shining faces. There is no reason why our dull faces should not shine. “As He was praying, the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment became white and dazzling.”
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