GRACE takes account of all it sees in us that is contrary to God, not to bring it against us, but to separate us from it and work in us conformity to His will and nature — thus a Father’s chastening discipline.
If we had a better idea of the evil of sin and how deeply rooted it is in our nature we should be less surprised at the frequency and severity and sometimes the singularity of our trials.
Don’t wonder at the occasional castings down. The Bible would not be so full of “Comfort ye” and “Fear not,” if God’s dearest did not need it.
The language of faith may become the language of experience. In the place of testing the ground of our confidence is put to the proof as well as faith. When an unchangeable God is found to be the bottom where faith’s anchor holds, the anchor can never drag.
The moment we step out of our nothingness we step into it. A paradox!
When we are the lowest His help is the nearest.