It does not seem to be God's will that we should know how much of the future is wrapped up in the present moment. How can the blacksmith forging a chain-cable tell where the hardest strain is to come? So he puts in his best work. Every weld is as secure as his right arm can make it. He knows well enough that the whole chain is no stouter than its weakest link. So, by God's grace, we are to put the best material into these lives of ours. For we never can tell where the strain will come; we never can tell when the crisis moments of opportunity may be at hand, and when to let one of them slip will be to lose a sparkling jewel in our crown at Christ's appearing.—Sel.