NEVERTHELESS AFTERWARD!
No matter what
the source of these chastenings, look upon them as God's chariots sent to carry
your soul into the high planes of spiritual achievement and uplifting. You
will find, to your glad surprise, that it is God's love that sends the
chariots---His chariots in which you may ride properously over all
darkness.
Let us be thankful for every trial that will help to
destroy our earthly chariots, and will compel us to take refuge in the chariots
of God, which always stand ready and waiting beside us in every trial.
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is
my defense; I shall not be moved."
We have to be brought to the place where all other
refuges fail, before we can say HE ONLY. We say, He and my
experience; He and my church relationships; He and my Christian
work. All that comes after the "and" must be taken away
from us, or must be proved useless, before we can come to the He only.
Only then we mount into God chariots.
If we want to ride with God upon the heavens, all
earth riding must be brought to an end.
(By Hannah Whitall Smith)