It is the easiest thing in the world to say, “The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord”, when all is well with you and yours.
When life is sweet, when your children are trusting in Christ, when your church is united and loving, when your spouse loves and cherishes you, when your health is fine, when your job is secure, it is not hard to sing “Whate’er my God ordains is right”.
But when life is hard, when you lose your job, when you are disappointed in love, when cherished hopes lie in the dust, when your church is beset with acrimony, back-biting and unbelief, when your health is suffering, when your children are suffering, when people you love are going through sore trials, when the way of the wicked appears to prosper and the way of the righteous suffers, it is not so easy to “humble yourself under God’s almighty hand”.
Christian, be what you are!
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