Expect God's Blessing

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Looking again at The Christian in Complete Armour:

The sincere Christian cherishes such sweet thoughts of God that his meditations unite him with peace and he would not consider speaking unworthy of God's glory or goodness. We see this in David: "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it" (Ps 39:9). Both his spirit and body were afflicted at the same time; he was sad and sick, yet he remembered where the affliction came from. "This is from You, Lord, and I love You dearly; so I can take it without fear. After all, You might have thrown me into a bed of flames instead of a bed of sickness; so let me accept my correction thankfully." Thus he fielded the blow without sending words of resentment or anger back upon God. [July 3]