SOMETHING BETTER THAN FREEDOM FROM TROUBLE.
God’s love is shown in giving help to His dear ones in their trouble, not in keeping them from trouble. It is well for us to have this truth in mind as we go on in life. Help in trouble, not sparing from trouble, is God’s blessing to His best loved children. As one of His devoted servants has said: “God did not take up the three Hebrews out of the furnace of fire, but He came down and walked with them. He did not remove Daniel from the den of lions; He sent His angel to close the mouths of the lions. He did not, in answer to the prayer of Paul, remove the thorn in the flesh, but He gave a sufficiency of grace to sustain him.” Victory in conflict, not exemption from conflict, is what the good soldier desires in a time of active service. Our present life is one of warfare. God is ready to give us victory in and through the struggle.—Sunday School Times.