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<p> <em>&quot;As your days — so shall your strength be.&quot;</em> — Deuteronomy 33:25<br><br>
God does not give grace — <em>until </em>the hour of trial comes. But when it does come — the amount of grace, and the nature of the special grace required, is granted. My soul! do not dwell with painful apprehension on the <em>future</em>. Do not anticipate coming sorrows; perplexing yourself with the grace needed for future emergencies; tomorrow will bring its promised <em>grace — </em>along with tomorrow's<em>trials</em>.<br><br>
God, wishing to keep His people humble, and dependent on Himself, does not give a <em>stock of grace</em>; He metes it out for every day's exigencies, that they may be constantly traveling between their own emptiness — and Christ's fullness; their own weakness — and Christ's strength. But when the exigency comes, you may safely trust an <em>Almighty arm </em>to bear you through!<br><br>
Is there now some &quot;thorn in the flesh&quot; sent to lacerate you? You may have been entreating the Lord for its removal. Your prayer has, doubtless, been heard and answered; but not in the way, perhaps, either expected or desired by you. The &quot;thorn&quot; may still be left to goad, the <em>trial </em>may still be left to buffet; but &quot;more grace&quot; has been given to endure them. Oh! how often have His people thus been led to glory in their infirmities, and triumph in their afflictions — seeing that the power of Christ rests more abundantly upon them! The strength which the hour of trial brings — often makes the Christian wonder to himself!