Running for a Purpose
Those are enthusiasts according to their notions
who rely upon providence. They say, the best providence in all the world is hard
work; and they say rightly; but they forget that into the bargain of their hard work "it is
in vain to rise up early and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness; for except
the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." You see two men running a
race. One of them as he starts, lays aside every weight; he takes off his garment and
away he runs. There goes the other poor fellow; he has a whole load of gold and
silver upon his back. Then around his loins he has many distrustful doubts about
what shall become of him in the future, what will be his prospects when he grows old,
and a hundred other things. He does not know how to roll his burden upon the Lord.
See how he flags, poor fellow, and how the other distances him, leaves him far
behind, has gained the corner, and is coming to the winning post. It is well for us if
we can cast everything away except that one thing needful, and say, "This is my
business, to serve God on earth, knowing that I shall enjoy Him in heaven." For when
we leave our business to God, we leave it in better hands than if we took care of it
ourselves. They who carve for themselves generally cut their fingers; but they who
leave God to carve for them, shall never have an empty plate. He who will walk after
the cloud shall go aright, but he who will run before it shall soon find that he has gone
a fool's errand. "Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is." "The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that wait upon the Lord
shall not want any good thing." Our Savior said, "Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." "Behold the fowls of the
air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them; are ye not much better than they?" "Trust in the Lord and do
good, and verily thou shalt be fed." "His place of defense shall be the munitions of
rocks; bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure." "Seek ye first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Carry
the weight of this world's cares about you, and it will be as much as you can do to
carry them and to stand upright under them, but as to running a race with such
burdens, it is just impossible.
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