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Trusting Christ
by Ellen G. White
Our last thought at night and our
first thought in the morning should be of Him in whom are centered our hopes of
eternal life. He died for us. He saw us in peril, exposed to destruction, and
He poured out His life to save us. He is our Advocate. He has placed a
treasure-house of blessing at our command. Men can not remove one stain of sin.
Christ's merits alone will avail, and they have been placed at our disposal in
rich fulness. Every moment we may draw upon Christ for help. As we turn to Him,
He answers, "Here am I." Christ is our Intercessor. He places the incense of
His righteousness in the golden censer, to offer up with the prayers of His
disciples. The Father hears every prayer offered in contrition and sincerity.
Our supplications blend with the supplications of our Intercessor, whose voice
the Father always hears.
Let us, then, pray without ceasing,
not in the name of any human being, but in the name of Him who is our
substitute and surety. He has given us His name to use. "Ask in My name," He
says. Then let us pray in faith. Let us not falter, but go forward from
strength to strength, from victory to victory.
Jesus receives and welcomes you as
His friend. He loves you. He has pledged Himself to open before you all the
treasures of His grace. He says, Make use of My name, and it will be your
passport to the heart of My Father, and to all the riches of His grace.
"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you. Hitherto
ye have asked nothing in My name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may
be full."
Unworthy as we are, God has granted
to us His forgiving mercy; undeserving as we are of the least of His favors, He
has poured rich blessings upon us. The more unworthy the receiver, the more
glorious the mercy of God, and the more earnestly we should show forth the
praises of Him who hath called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. To
him who is content to receive without deserving, who feels that he can never
recompense such love, who lays all doubt and unbelief aside, and comes as a
little child to the feet of Jesus, all the treasures of eternal love are a
free, everlasting gift.
The more you trust your Redeemer, the
more you will love Him. He is your Friend in life or death. He is the Crown of
your rejoicing. He is worthy of your fullest faith. All the sorrows and
afflictions that we suffer here only constitute our discipline for the higher
life. God designs that thus we shall be fitted for heaven. Wait upon God. Lean
upon Him in entire dependence; for His everlasting arms will sustain you. He
who says that not a sparrow falls to the ground without the notice of the
heavenly Father will care for those who love and trust Him. Jesus knows every
throb of pain, every throe of anguish and distress, and He will give His
children grace to endure the afflictions that He permits to come upon them. His
heart beats in sympathy with suffering humanity and those who suffer most have
most of His pity and sympathy.
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be
praised; and His greatness is unsearchable." "Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is
Thy hand: and high is Thy right hand." "Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in
the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." If He is for you, who can be against
you? "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" "Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me;
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me." Let us trust Him who sees the end from
the beginning, and who will make all things work together for good to those
that love the Lord.
Published in Signs
of the Times, February 28, 1906.
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