GOD'S INTERIMS by Carrie Merrill

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 13, 1900

GOD'S INTERIMS.

By Carrie Merrill

BETWEEN some precious thought of God And all its sweet fulfilling, There lies a path we can not tread, Unless the heart is willing.

Some “open door” seems “just in sight,” We seek for his approval; Obstructions rise, the barriers “crowd,” We long for their removal.

But ah! beware, lest in thy haste Thou miss the joy he’d send thee; For only when he opens doors, Can he “himself” attend thee.

Let not thy will frustrate his own, This “interim” means blessing; The Holy Spirit waits to see If self or he is pressing.

He hath a work for thee which needs Thy heart with his own beating; And true equipment always lies Just where these two are meeting.

Then do not lose the lesson sweet, He now would have thee learning; He knows just where to put the probes In hearts o’er which he’s yearning.

Within this “interim,” for thee, Some richest fruit is hiding; Wait only with surrendered will, ’T will reach thee with his guiding.

— Carrie Merrill, in King’s Messenger.