You
May Trust Him
By
Ellen G. White
From
a sermon delivered June 20, 1886, at Orebro, Sweden.
We
have a precious loving Saviour. I wish I could present Him
to you just as He is. Many have Jesus so exalted in their
minds that He seems far off and they have no communion with
Him. But Christ took upon Himself human nature and was called
the Son of man, because He was to become acquainted with all
the trials, with all the sorrows, and with all the sufferings
of humanity, that He might know how to succor those who are
tempted.
To
the weeping ones He says, I have wept. I know how to sympathize
with you. He is a Saviour that is in sympathy with the woes
of man, a Saviour that is by our side to help, and strengthen,
and succor us. You may take all your trials, all your troubles,
all your sorrows to Jesus in prayer; you may feel that He
is at hand to help you in every emergency, and you can tell
Him all about it and He will give you just the help you need.
He wants us to have joy in Him, and in order to do this we
must come in close connection with Him. We cannot dishonor
Him more than to distrust Him. And we honor Him when we believe
in Him and are obedient to all His commandments.
I
have been for more than forty years engaged in labor to save
souls for Jesus Christ, and I have had new and precious lessons
to learn every day of my life. One of the most precious has
been to commit the keeping of my soul to God as unto a faithful
creator. If I was knowingly transgressing one of God's commandments
because it was convenient for me to do so, then I could not
trust God and believe that He would at last bring me into
the haven of bliss. But when I seek to overcome to the best
of my ability, when my will is swallowed up in the will of
God; then it is my privilege to claim His promises and believe
that God will do with me according to His loving kindness.
I
cannot describe to you this perfect trust. But I present before
you a loving Saviour, that Saviour that wants to bring to
your hearts joy and peace and love, that is inexpressible.
He wants you to be happy and joyful in Him. He says, "If
any man thirst let him come unto me and drink," and He
will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting
life. And if Christ is in you as a well of water, your words
and influence will be a blessing to all around you. No one
should live to himself; we are accountable to God for the
influence we exert. Christ has made an infinite sacrifice,
and all our powers should be given to Him, and if we are faithful
soldiers of the cross of Christ, the precious reward of a
life that measures with the life of God will be granted to
us.
I
see matchless charms in Jesus, and I cannot have my affections
placed upon anything that is earthly. My heart is drawn out
in love for those out of Christ. I long to see them enter
into the service of Christ, that they may have the blessing
here and eternal life in the kingdom of God. Will you not
take heed to your ways? Will you not compare your character
with God's moral law, the ten commandments? And then seek
to come into obedience to all of God's requirements. Says
Christ, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city." Give me this precious
reward, and you may take everything from me here upon earth.
Eternal
interests are at stake. Jesus says, "My son give me thine
heart;" He has bought it with His own blood. And when
the pearly gates shall at last be swung open, and the nations
who have kept the truth enter into the joy of their Lord,
they will have that crown of glory which by faith Paul saw
laid up for him, and not for him only but for all those who
love his appearing. The saved will hear the benediction, "Come
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world."
Let
us think of these things; let us bring the Saviour into our
lives every day; let us love Him with all our hearts; and
if we appreciate the preciousness of Heaven, we shall talk
of Jesus, of Heaven, and of the glories to be revealed to
the overcomers. Then let us place ourselves under the blood-stained
banner of Prince Emmanuel. Let us have a faith that takes
right hold of Christ. Let the language of each soul be, He
is my Saviour, He died for me, and I hang my helpless soul
upon Him. He is able to keep that which I have committed to
His trust, against that day. This is the precious lesson that
I am learning today, to do the very best I can according to
the best light that shines upon my pathway, and then trust
the rest to Jesus.
May
the blessing of God rest upon this dear people. How many that
are here present today shall I meet around the great white
throne? How many will lift their voices in songs of triumph,
and praise, to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto
the Lamb forever and ever. God grant that you may be there,
saved, eternally saved, in the kingdom of glory.
Published
in The Signs of the Times, September 15, 1887.