| The Joy of Service |
Chapter 10 |
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But we need not vex ourselves with such distressing suppositions. Our God is the living God who loves us, knows our needs, thinks upon us, and hears our feeblest prayer – our own Father.
This truth gives us assurance also of Divine thought and care in all our life. Suppose again, that one sad day we were to learn that there is no one, no intelligent being above ourselves, interested in the affairs of the universe; that is a world of chance; that no wisdom directs, that no hand guides events; that the universe is only a vast machine, grinding on for ever; that bad men and devils have no check put upon their power to hurt; and that our lives are hopeless victims of this resistless, heartless, remorseless grinding – how it would darken all life for us! A world without a Father! A universe without love! What would we do in the day of earthly disaster?
But how different is the teaching of the Word of God! This is our Father’s world. We do not have to wait for heaven to find ourselves in God’s care. Events do not run riot here, crushing all gentle things under their feet. There is no lawlessness anywhere. No wave of the sea in wildest storm ever dashes out of God’s control. No pestilence, no earthquake, no flood of trouble, no tidal wave of misfortune, ever gets beyond the power of Him who sits on the throne.
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