The Christian's rule of life is to be like Christ—the only rule he has, and we find the details of it in Scripture. We have to seek such power of Christ over the affections, that we ate longing and striving to be like Him; and there is joy in that kind of activity—the heart growing naturally like Him in real spiritual diligence-occupied with Him. Not satisfied with merely avoiding evil, you must be occupied with it to avoid it, but when the heart is full of Christ, evil looks like evil-you see it in its true character; if not it looks like a bauble.
If you only have faith to walk in the path of God, you will find He has a plan and counsel through it all.
If our hearts have courage to do God's will, all will turn out for blessing, we do not know how, but the secret thing is, to be going on in faith, that is what one has to get hold of. If I am walking in a straight path, the power of God is pushing me on; but if I am walking in a cross path, the power of God tumbles me over-it finds out that I am not going straight.
It is a great thing to be in the path of God's will, for I have all the power of God at my disposal. If you walk in the path of God's will, absolutely God makes everything work together for your good. You cannot get a thing that is out of the power of God, though it may be He chastens us if crossing His path.