Trust in God by M. Wood

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 9, 1873

Trust in God.

By M. Wood

A WANDERING, backsliding, double heart can never enjoy peace. To possess the blessings of peace, the mind must be stayed upon God. This is the same as abiding in Christ, being steadfast in the faith, rooted and grounded in love.

This childlike reliance on our Heavenly Father tranquilizes the mind in seasons of darkness, perplexity, trial, and temptation. That soul is the most happy which can most cheerfully acquiesce in the appointments of infinite wisdom. Murmuring and repining grieve the Holy Spirit. Resignation and contentment produce serenity and sweetness of mind. While cultivating these important duties, which are brought into daily exercise by the very nature of Christian experience, the mind is kept in a heavenly frame, holiness is promoted, and God, the author of all good, is glorified.

M. Wood.