Trial will come to you. Thus the Lord polishes the roughness from your character. Do not murmur. You make the trial harder by repining. Honor God by cheerful submission. Patiently endure the pressure. Even though a wrong is done you, keep the love of God in the heart. “Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.” {YI June 26, 1902, par. 8}
“Beware of desperate steps; the darkest day,
Wait but tomorrow, will have passed away.” {YI June 26, 1902, par. 9}
“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” Christ knows the strength of your temptations and the strength of your power to resist. His hand is always stretched out in pitying tenderness to every suffering child. To the tempted, discouraged one he says, Child for whom I suffered and died, can not you trust me? “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” {YI June 26, 1902, par. 10}
“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass…. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.” He will be to you as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. He says, “Come unto me, … and I will give you rest,”—rest that the world can neither give nor take away. Come unto me, and your heart will be filled with the peace that passes all understanding. {YI June 26, 1902, par. 11}
Words can not describe the peace and joy possessed by him who takes God at his word. Trials do not disturb him slights do not vex him. Self is crucified. Day by day his duties may become more taxing, his temptations stronger, his trials more severe; but he does not falter; for he receives strength equal to his need. {YI June 26, 1902, par. 12}