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"He shall choose our inheritance for us."
--Psalm 47:4
Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be
satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured
that it is the fittest for you . Unerring wisdom ordained your
lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition. A ship
of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part
of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask, "Why
does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and
deviate so much from a straight line?" His answer would be,
"Because I should not get my vessel into harbour at all if I did
not keep to the deep channel." So, it may be, you would run
aground and suffer shipwreck, if your divine Captain did not
steer you into the depths of affliction where waves of trouble
follow each other in quick succession. Some plants die if they
have too much sunshine. It may be that you are planted where you
get but little, you are put there by the loving Husbandman,
because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit unto
perfection. Remember this, had any other condition been better
for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have
put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable
circumstances, and if you had the choosing of your lot, you
would soon cry, "Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my
self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows." Be content
with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all
things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the
burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most
effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the
glory of God. Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not
for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love!
"Trials must and will befall--
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me."