In Time of Trouble

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Say-
First: He brought me here; it is by His will I am in this strait place; in that I will rest.
Next: He will here keep me in His love, and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child.
Then: He will make the trial a blessing—teaching me the lessons He means me to learn, and working in me the grace He intends for me.
Last: In His good time He can bring me out again—how and when, HE KNOWS.
Say I AM HERE:
1. By God's appointment.
2. In His keeping.
3. Under His training.
4. For His time. (Psa. 50:15).
Our own STRENGTH is just our WEAKNESS, as our WEAKNESS REALIZED will be our WAY TO STRENGTH—A STRENGTH NOT OUR OWN.
If you are a child of God, wherever you propose to nestle there your Heavenly Father will plant a thorn, until you are driven, like a bird, from spray to spray and from leaf to leaf, and taught by painful experience that God, and God alone, is from everlasting to everlasting the " dwelling-place " of His people.