We cannot always trace God's hand but we can always trust God's heart.
Interpretation
While we may not always understand God's plans, we can have faith in His unwavering love and goodness.
This quote highlights the complexity of faith, emphasizing that even when we cannot see or comprehend the actions and plans of God, we can rely on His inherent goodness and love for us. It teaches us to trust in God's character and intentions, encouraging a relationship built on faith rather than mere understanding.
In practice
During difficult times, one might share this quote in a group discussion about maintaining faith.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.
I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith.
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.
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