Submission in Trials By Charles
Simeon Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
Job chapter 5 verse 7. Man born of woman is of few days
and full of trouble. Job chapter 14 verse 1. Here
on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. John chapter 16
verse 33. It is true that our afflictions
are great and manifold. Yet we have no reason for complaint
when we know that our afflictions are all ordered in number, measure,
and duration, for our best and greatest good, according to the
counsels of God's infinite wisdom and love. We have no reason for
complaint when we are assured that our afflictions are the
very things which we would choose for ourselves, if we saw the
outcome of them as clearly as God sees it. If we view our afflictions
in this way, we shall receive even the most painful of God's
dispensations as blessings in disguise. Before I was afflicted
I went astray, but now I obey your word. Psalm 119 verse 67. It was good for me to be afflicted,
so that I might learn your decrees. Psalm 119 verse 71. I know, O Lord, that your laws
are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me. Psalm
119 verse 75. We know that God causes all things
to work together for good to those who love God, to those
who are called according to his purpose. Romans chapter 8 verse
28. For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them
all. So we fix our eyes not on what
is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal. 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse
17 to 18.