“Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affrights thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth;
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.”
Peace is possible to every believer in Christ. No Christian can say, “That is beautiful. It shines in my friend’s face like heaven’s radiance. But it is not for me.” The peace of God is for the believer. God shows no favoritism in dispensing this blessing. There is great diversity in the natural gifts and abilities bestowed upon individuals. A violet could never be a rose. An apple-tree could never become an oak. A sparrow could never reach the eagle’s flight. An owl could never learn the canary’s song. Not all men can become fine artists. Not all women can become sweet singers. If it were art, or music, or eloquence, or the poet’s power, that was set before us as the ideal of a true life, many of us might say, “I never can attain that.” In matters of original endowment God divides severally, as he will.
But in grace the best is open to all. The divine peace is not for a few: it is a blessing which all may obtain. No matter how restless, how turbulent, how full of care, how naturally given to worry and anxiety one may be, this sweet, quiet, restful peace of God is possible of attainment.
Page 1