Leaving the ordering

Leaving the ordering and outcome of it to His wisdom

"Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you!" 1 Peter 5:7

During the brief pauses of a great battle, the soldiers heard a sparrow sing snatches of song from among the branches of a tree. Then, when the awful roar burst out again, its song was hushed.

Is that the full meaning of the peace that Christ promises? Is it only a sweet bird-note now and then, amid the long days and years of discontent and struggle?

They sadly misread the blessed words of Divine comfort, who find nothing better than this promise.

We are permitted to roll our care entirely over to God — and to let it stay there!

We are to put the broken plan, the shattered hope, the tangled work, the complicated affair — into the hands of the God of providence, leaving the ordering and outcome of it to His wisdom .

The provocation,

the friction,

the burden which presses sorely,

the annoyance,

the hindrance —

instead of permitting ourselves to be vexed, exasperated, or disturbed by them — we are quietly to turn the matter over to God, and then go on calmly to the next duty which comes to our hand.

"Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you. He shall never permit the righteous to be moved." Psalm 55:22

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