The myriad worlds unceasingly
Revolve at Thy command,
And none desire to wander from
The loadings of Thy hand.
Obedient servants are they all;
They cost no thought from Thee,
But gaze upon their central sun,
And glide unswervingly.
But I—an atom of one world—
A speck of common dust—
Cost Thee more care than all the rest,
Yet fail in every trust.
Perfect exercises within produce perfect quietness of walk without, for in both God is fully brought in. If we avoid the full dealing with the matter with God, the heart cannot act for Him as if all were disposed of: and that is peace in action.
God now gives a ray of light to His people as to their pathway, but He also charges Himself to carry them through every circumstance and every difficulty. If they but have confidence in God who does this, they will find how great a God He is with whom they have to do.