The New Life
Words of God for young disciples of Christ by Andrew Murray 1891 Vintage book from internet archives
Words of God for young disciples of Christ
by Andrew Murray
1891 Vintage book from internet archives
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> lyife.<br />
teachest out of Thy law." "Count it all joy when<br />
ye fall into manifold temptations," " that ye may be<br />
perfect, lacking in nothing." Regard the time of<br />
trial as a time of blessing, as a time of close converse<br />
with the Father, of being made partaker of His holiness,<br />
and you shall also rejoicingly say: "It is good<br />
for me that I have been afflicted."<br />
Father, what thanks shall I express to <strong>The</strong>e for the<br />
glorious light that Thy word casts upon the dark<br />
trials of this life? Thou wilt by this means teach<br />
me, and make me partaker of Thy holiness. Hast<br />
Thou considered the suffering and the death of Thy<br />
beloved Son not too much to bring holiness near to<br />
me, and shall I not be willing to endure Thy chastisement<br />
to be partaker of it? No: Father, thanks<br />
be unto <strong>The</strong>e for Thy precious work : only fulfill Thy<br />
counsel in me. Amen.<br />
1. In chastisement it is first of all necessary that we should<br />
be possessed by the thought : This is the will of God. Although<br />
the trial comes through our own folly or the perversity of men,<br />
we must acknowledge that it is the will of God that we should<br />
be in that suffering by means of that folly or perversity. We see<br />
this clearly in Joseph and the L,ord Jesus. Nothing will give us<br />
rest but the willing acknowledgment : this is the will of God.<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> second thought is : God wills not only the trial, but<br />
also the consolation, the power, and the blessing in it. He who<br />
acknowledges the will of God in the chastisement itself is on<br />
the way to see and experience the accompaniments also as the<br />
will of God.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> will of God is as perfect as He Himself: let us not be<br />
afraid to surrender ourselves to it : no one suffers loss by deeming<br />
the will of God unconditionally good,<br />
160