WHILE THE TESTING GOES ON.
WHEN we know that we are “on trial” we are likely to do our best. When we think that we are not on trial, we are likely to be off our guard. But does testing-time ever cease in this life? One who was praying, in great perplexity, for strength and wisdom to act rightly in a coming ordeal, was helped by recognizing that that very difficulty was perhaps being sent only as a test. And then came the realization that every hard time is sent or permitted as a test and for no other reason. Obstacles have no other mission, in this world of God’s love, but to be our helpers. They prove us, and God’s will is that the proving shall leave us each time stronger. When, therefore, can we afford to be off our guard? Ready or unready, we are always being tested; and only One who sleeps not can enable us to meet the tests.—Sunday-School Times.