When we are saved we are happy in the Lord, yet, we at once find ourselves in by no means smooth waters. We find there are storms; We find there are rocks and shoals, and we find, also, that our boats are not very strong, and that we are not very skilful either, in managing them, that is, we come into difficulties. Is it not so? And after we have encountered a little rough weather we are apt to get downcast and dispirited. We find fault with this one or that one. Is it not so? Now, I am not the least denying that there are faults, but then let us not forget that we have faults; and, further, that it is not a question of whether I or you have faults—one or other or both (which is a little nearer the truth), but the great point is this—whether you and I are looking to the Lord or not. This is the thing that makes the heart happy—confidence in looking to the Lord, and also my living in this looking to the Lord, not merely for myself, but for you; for this is the true way to win another, that is, to be looking to the Lord about the other. Supposing there is a person that you have something against, or that has something against you; how is it to be met? Not by wit, not by power, not by influence. Not all the brethren can set it right, but the Lord can, and the moment that our heart is perfectly settled in this, it gives quietness and confidence— it gives peace and assurance forever. The Lord grant that it may be so with us!