Salvation from worry

Salvation from worry

“To you who are troubled rest with us” (2 Thess. 1:7).
“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means” (2 Thess. 3:16).

Couldst thou love Me when creeds are breaking,
Old landmarks shaking
With wind and sea?
Couldst thou restrain the earth from quaking,
And rest thy heart in Me?

Couldst thou love Me when storms are roaring,
Their torrents pouring
O’er mart and lea?
Couldst thou on larger wings be soaring,
And hear all calm in Me?

Couldst thou love Me when death is nearing,
A mist appearing
In all but Me?
If then thy heart cast out its fearing,
Thy love shall perfect be.

Salvation from worry is no small thing, especially in the case of one whose views of life are strongly tinged with indigo. Fear and faith cannot keep house together. When one enters the other departs. I believe that Jesus, Who is head over all things to His Church, has the program of my best possible future, which involves these two elements:
1. His highest glory through me.
2. My highest happiness in Him.
It is the mission of the Comforter to lead me, step by step, through this program, till Christ’s ideal of my earthly life is fully realized. My only anxiety, moment by moment, is this: Am I now led by the Spirit of God? Just what the hidden plan of my future is, so long as it is the will of Jesus, is no concern of mine. The veil that hides it is woven by the fingers of Mercy.
—Daniel Steele

Ill that He blesses is my good,
And unblest good is ill;
And all is right that seems most wrong,
If it be His sweet will!
—F. Faber.

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