"God with power and might at His disposal yet works in this wise.
His quiet performances are indirect, deep, serene, and seemingly slow
and have to be explored to be understood and appreciated.
He quietly and confidently moves, working wonders day after day.
In every experience, at work, in church, and in society,
it sometimes appears as though God were being defeated,
and the movements of His grace and providence were failures,
and that all his plans were reversed,
flowing upstream in the opposite direction from the ocean of blessings.
One has but to look up
and cast his gaze out from the shore of frustrating encirclements of the present
and consider the ENTIRE STREAM of God's purpose among His people
in order to see that He is continually winning the battle in quiet, circuitous ways.
God works through individuals, conquering some heart,
and through that heart He pours His purpose like a mighty river.
The Lord makes His conquests
by keeping His saints in utter dependence upon Him,
making them live by faith.
There is to be none of self in His program,
but all of Christ instead.
His quiet performances are indirect, deep, serene, and seemingly slow
and have to be explored to be understood and appreciated.
He quietly and confidently moves, working wonders day after day.
In every experience, at work, in church, and in society,
it sometimes appears as though God were being defeated,
and the movements of His grace and providence were failures,
and that all his plans were reversed,
flowing upstream in the opposite direction from the ocean of blessings.
One has but to look upand cast his gaze out from the shore of frustrating encirclements of the present
and consider the ENTIRE STREAM of God's purpose among His people
in order to see that He is continually winning the battle in quiet, circuitous ways.
God works through individuals, conquering some heart,
and through that heart He pours His purpose like a mighty river.
The Lord makes His conquests
by keeping His saints in utter dependence upon Him,
making them live by faith.
There is to be none of self in His program,
but all of Christ instead.
2 comments:
I've been enjoying your reflections recently, Donna! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Kelly!
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