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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 5, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 14.

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"IN EVERYTHING."

HOW often we meet disappointments and lose rich unknown blessings by not remembering God in the little every-day things! We take these as a matter of course. We start on a journey we have taken before. We expect the train to run safely and to "make" its time. We look for a friend to meet us at the end of the journey. We have told him that we are coming. We are sure the letter of notification reached him in due course of mail. We have accepted it all as a matter of course. Perhaps the train fails to connect. The friend may not meet us on arrival, for he did not get his mail. We are sorely disappointed, a stranger perhaps in a strange land. We left the Lord out of the question. We have asked Him earnestly to guide us in a general way, but not in particular,especially in these particulars, and the result, perplexity and disappointment.
The above will serve to illustrate a hundred things continually occurring.
"But," it is asked, "would it have made any difference in any of these things if God had been sought in details and particulars?" We reply, It would have made much difference. If we had rightly sought Him, it would have brought us into union with the great Source of life, the great operating Power of the universe, who "worketh all things according to the counsel of His own will," and who worketh all things together for good for them that love Him. He will influence men's minds so that our way shall be prospered. If men will not meet our expectations, God will change our own minds so that our hopes will not be set on their action. "The meek will He guide in judgment, and the meek will He teach His way."
Then "in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus." What a precious promise! Where can we find a better friend? Where can we obtain a safer guide and helper? Who better is able to keep us "in everything"?