[Manna - April 18]
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 Peter 4:12,13
IN an unfriendly world we can expect to receive
only the reproaches of our Master, for the servant is
not above his Lord.
The world, the flesh and the
devil oppose our way: there are fightings within and
fears without, and many are the arrows and fiery
darts aimed at the righteous.
But what is the safe
attitude of the soul under afflictions and severe testings?
Is it not in silence before God, waiting and
watching first to see His leading, His will, in every
matter before presuming to touch things that often
involve so much?
So the Psalmist suggests, saying,
"I was dumb with silence: I held my peace, even
from good." [even from doing or saying what seemed
good in my own sight]. Z.'96-31 R1937:4