Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.
[Testimonies Vol. 7 pp 243] Remember that prayer is the source of your strength. A worker cannot gain success while he hurries through his prayers and rushes away to look after something that he fears may be neglected or forgotten. He gives only a few hurried thoughts to God; he does not take time to think, to pray, to wait upon the Lord for a renewal of physical and spiritual strength. He soon becomes weary.
He does not feel the uplifting, inspiring influence of God’s Spirit. He is not quickened by fresh life. His jaded frame and tired brain are not soothed by personal contact with Christ. “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”
We therefore end with a passage of Scripture that will encourage us to chart a wise course moving forward. It isn’t necessary for any great man or woman to fall, and it is not God’s will that His servants who are promoted to a place of prominence in society or in the church, become the sport of circumstances. If we keep God ever before our faces, He will help us to live victoriously, for it is His will that we be kept by His power through faith, through all the vicissitudes of life.
Philippians 4: 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!