What are you doing groaning through
the world beneath a load of fears and cares? By Thomas Guthrie
Matthew Chapter 10 verses 29-31 are not two sparrows sold for
a penny, yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart
from the will of your father, and even the very hairs of your
head are all numbered, so don't be afraid, you are worth more
than many sparrows." There is no such thing as chance. All
the reins that guide and govern the world are gathered into the
hands of Jesus. His care of His people extends
to the most common and apparently trivial matters. All are links
in the golden chain of providence. Divine providence is a comforting
doctrine too precious to be parted with. Let the thought that Jesus
watches over all your affairs and guards your welfare and guides
all your ways banish your every anxious care. I do not say that
you will never be disappointed, but certainly you ought never
to be discontented. Many things in your circumstances
may occasion anxious thought, but nothing should cause or can
excuse sinful repining. Child of God, he has numbered
the hairs of your head as well as the stars of heaven. Believer,
what are you doing, groaning through the world beneath a load
of fears and cares? What should discourage you? What
should disturb your peace? What can ruffle the calm spirit
of a man who knows that the hands which were once nailed to the
tree for him now hold the helm of his destiny? The blessed Saviour,
who by love's golden scepter reigns within his heart, holds
sovereign sway over earth and heaven, and by both bitter and
sweet providences. By both coffins and cradles,
by both disappointments and joys, by both losses and gains, shall
cause all things to work together for good to those who love Him,
to those who are called according to His purpose.