Leave It with God

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 47.

Leave It with God.

Have men wronged you? Leave it with God. Do not think, reader, that you must execute God's judgment. Do not think that you can not afford to wait His time; that is your only safety. A war of classes will but increase the evil and the bonds of law. Leave the hatred of the rich, or of his ways, to God; leave all the difficulties and differences which can not be peaceably adjusted to Him. You can not afford to do otherwise, and if you will give up all of these, all of self, and accept of Jesus Christ for what He wants to be to you,—Redeemer, Saviour, Friend, Example, King,—you will not want to do otherwise. In Him is all fulness. Having Him you have all—all the eternal riches of His glory, with eternal life in which to enjoy them. The wicked may seem to triumph for a little while, but it shall be short. Strength is better measured by endurance. God endures. The trial of faith may last a little while, then Christ will come. He knows that every feeling of righteousness is outraged by the injustice we see on every side, but leave it with Him. It is the Christian's work to heal by the Gospel of peace and love. Leave vengeance and wrath with God. He says, "Be patient [patiently endure] therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord." "The Judge standeth at the door." He will plead your cause better than you can do it. He will decide more justly, for He reads the hearts.