STRONG AND QUIET LIFE
"He Himself knew
what He would do" John 6:6
What a revealing word this is, and how
full of comfort for all those who love and follow the Lord. He had suggested a
great problem. How were they to procure bread to feed the multitude? The
difficulty is revealed in the answers of Philip and Andrew. The 1st calculated
the cost. The 2nd emphasized the inadequacy of their resources. He had asked
His question, as John says, to prove them. By
a facing of their own poverty they would learn the value of His power. How
often He brings us into such places of perplexity. Something is to be done that
seems impossible, even; that is impossible if we argue from our own private
resources. May we not learn from this incident that in all such cases our
wisdom will consist in our confidence that He Himself knows what He will do, and that according to His plan of the ages.
Is it not intended that we should better their replies by saying: Lord, we do not pretend to know how things
are to be done, but we bring whatever resources we have to Thee, and are
confident that whatever Thou hast in Thy heart to do, Thou art able to do with
these poor things of ours! We know not; but Thou know-est; and so we do not ask
to know. All we ask is that we may be directed by Thy wisdom, so shall we be
enabled by Thy power. If we can only take up that attitude, how STRONG AND
QUIET LIFE WILL BE.
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