When Christ Is Essential to Us
If we need Christ at all, we need Christ in all. If we trust Christ in one thing, we should trust Christ in all things. That is the way we are to feel about him in our weakness and need, as we consider him in his strength and his sufficiency. This has been the restful, joyful trust of Christ’s disciples in the past, and is our privilege as Christ’s loving, faith-filled disciples to-day and all days. This was the thought of St. Patrick in his missionary conflict with the Druids, as evidenced in his glad battle-hymn:— “Christ, as a light,
Illumine and guide me!
Christ, as a shield, o’ershadow and cover me!
Christ be under me! Christ be over me!
“Christ be beside me,
On left hand and right!
Christ be before me, behind me, about me!
Christ this day be within and without me!” Of ourselves we can do nothing. Through Christ we can do all things that Christ would have us do to-day.—Sunday School Times.