For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not (Isa. 30:15).
The children of Israel would not accept God's plan, but we may. The worrying, fretting, questioning, tense, disturbed, troubled, fearing mind is the curse of our day. Many are like swimmers going down by struggling when they might float by faith. It is often well to keep a quiet tongue, but how much better to have a quiet heart. Remember the scripture that says, "Be still, and know that I am God:...I will be exalted in the earth" (Ps. 46:10).
And confidence goes with quietness. During an earthquake the inhabitants of a small town were greatly disturbed and alarmed. At the same time they were surprised to see the quietness and apparent calmness of an old woman who was well known among them. Someone asked her if she wasn't afraid.
"No," said this mother in Israel. "I am happy to know that I have a God who can shake the world."
Confidence is really faith and trust in God.
We may safely "trust...in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength" (Isa. 26:4). Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matt. 24:35). That is our strength--confidence and faith in His strength.
Let us return to the old faith, the old trust, and find rest to our souls.
I an resting, sweetly resting:
'Tis the safest place for me
To be resting in the shadow
Of the cross of Calvary.
__F. E. Belden
MEDITATION PRAYER: "By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea" (Ps. 65:5).
The children of Israel would not accept God's plan, but we may. The worrying, fretting, questioning, tense, disturbed, troubled, fearing mind is the curse of our day. Many are like swimmers going down by struggling when they might float by faith. It is often well to keep a quiet tongue, but how much better to have a quiet heart. Remember the scripture that says, "Be still, and know that I am God:...I will be exalted in the earth" (Ps. 46:10).
And confidence goes with quietness. During an earthquake the inhabitants of a small town were greatly disturbed and alarmed. At the same time they were surprised to see the quietness and apparent calmness of an old woman who was well known among them. Someone asked her if she wasn't afraid.
"No," said this mother in Israel. "I am happy to know that I have a God who can shake the world."
Confidence is really faith and trust in God.
We may safely "trust...in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength" (Isa. 26:4). Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matt. 24:35). That is our strength--confidence and faith in His strength.
Let us return to the old faith, the old trust, and find rest to our souls.
I an resting, sweetly resting:
'Tis the safest place for me
To be resting in the shadow
Of the cross of Calvary.
__F. E. Belden
MEDITATION PRAYER: "By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea" (Ps. 65:5).
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