The following post is an excerpt from Charles Spurgeon's, Morning and Evening, May 22-Morning, reworded slightly:
"They cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distress. He led them also by a straight way, to go to an inhabited city." Psalm 107: 6 & 7
Change often leads the anxious believer to ask, "Why is it this way with me? I look for light but find darkness; for peace, but I see trouble. Lord you hide Your face and I am troubled. Today I cannot see and my hopes are covered with clouds. I have no hope, just fear; no joy, just distress. Is this part of Your plan for me? Is this the way toward heaven?"
Yes, it is so. The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God's method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter. These trials are for the testing and strengthening of your faith--they are waves that wash you further upon the rock--they are winds which take your ship more quickly towards the desired destination. Think not, believer, that your sorrows are out of God's plan; they are necessary parts of it.
"O let my trembling soul be still, and wait Thy wise, Thy holy will! I cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see, yet all is well since ruled by Thee."
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