[Manna - February 16]
Through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; ...giving no offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed. 2 Corinthians 6:8,3
WHILE in the discharge of duty to the best of our
ability and when apparently we have the Lord's
blessing and favor upon us and our affairs in a most
marked degree, suddenly trouble may arise, adversity
come, the powers of darkness seem to triumph,
and for a moment we may be apparently culprits in
the judgment of our fellowmen, and apparently forsaken
by divine providence.
Such experiences, doubtless, are needful to us; for though we may sing:—
"I would rather walk in the dark with God,
Than go alone in the light,"
yet this might be but an empty boast unless we were
put through the trying experiences which would develop
such faith, such trust, as would hold to the
Lord's hand, and trust divine providence in the darkest
hour. Z.'01-314 R2886:3