Saturday, October 8, 2022

Afflicted?

Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant? Numbers 11:11
 
"OUR heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. 
*If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. 
---Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears no test. 
It is a poor faith which can only trust God when friends are true, the body full of health, and the business profitable; 
---but that is true faith which holds by the Lord's faithfulness 
when friends are gone
when the body is sick
when spirits are depressed
and the light of our Father's countenance is hidden
A faith which can say, in the direst trouble, 
"Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him," (Job 13:15)
is heaven-born faith. 
The Lord afflicts His servants to glorify Himself, for He is greatly glorified in the graces of His people, which are His own handiwork.  ....let us muse upon it all day long."
Charles Spurgeon