The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-16
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Theme:
TRUSTING IN GOD.
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BY GEORGE W. HAYNlE.


BY GEORGE W. HAYNlE.
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Text: "a. We cannot serve God and
mammon. 80. But seek ye first the
Kingdom Of God and His righteous.
ness and all these things shall be
added TO you. (Matt. s:24-3s lneIu
slve.)
Is this true! Christ said so. Then
II must be SO, for IL Christ's statement
is untrue in one point, 1t must be un
true in all. But, thank God, we have
tested Him in a few things and found
Him true. Therefore the positive
statement is correct.
Hence the error OF the Esaus who
proved traitors to the glorious who
soever will gospel They failed to be.
lieve the promise of Christ that al
these things should be added unto
them-so far as it was to the glory OF
God and the advancement of His
cause upon earth. Either they failed
to lay hold upon Christ's promise. oi
they were not satisfied with what they
believed He desired them to have
and. therefore, they went about in
search after large things" more
money and prominence in the eyes of
the world, and that, too. in direct dis
obedience to Christ's positive COM
mand which says; (3D, Therefore,
take no thought, saying, what shall we
eat? or what shall We drink? or where
withal shall we be clothed?"
Christ goes further and illustrates
by the fowls OF the air, which God
feeds, and asks: Are ye not much
more than they"
He also calls their attention to the
lilies OF the field and tells them that
Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these"
Trust in God and do good, and
verify thou shalt be fed" is as trne
to-day as it was at any time since the
! beginning Of creation.
II these things are true, what's TIE
matter?
| Gods arm is not shortened tha'
! He cannot save, nor His ear heaVr
| that He cannot hear" II your fellow
man showed by his actions that he dc
! trusted you, then you would imWe
diately become suspicious that the,
was something the matter with him
! That being So should We expect Coo
to trust us with "all these things
when knowing all these things, HI
knows we are not trusting Him to sur
ply them? Certainly not. We have
no right to expect Him to do any
thing for us unless we trust Him im
| plicitly for the things We want, apt
go about their attainment accordini
to Christ's command, Seek ye frs
the Kingdom of God and His righ+e
ousness." When we follow His com
mand and trust in His promises. We
will find them always true. Never vii
they fail to stand the test
once knew a man in North Geor
gia by name OF Miller Willis. Some
people said he was fool; some SAID
crazy; more still called him fanatic.
But he never started anywhere that
God did not provide a way. II he felt
that God wanted him in distant part
OF the State, he would Just go dow n
to the depot and there was always
someone there to buy his ticket. If
the place was off the railroad, he
would just get his Bible and go to the
big road, and the Lord always sent
someone along with wagon or buggy
to take Miller Willis where he be,
lieved God wanted him. Why Just
because Miller Willis was always
ready TO "go where You want ne to
CO. dear Lord, and to be what You
want me to be-"
What the Lord did for Miller Willis
He would have done for the Esaus
who, instead OF trusting Him, went
OF in their own way, hunting for
larger things"
There being no chariot convenient
where Philip baptized the Enoch, God
Just picked Phillip up and set him
down again where He wanted him
WhyH Because Phillip believed i'm
plicitly that He would do so, and was
willing to go or do just as God willed
What was true OF Phillip and the
apostles, what was also true of Miller
Willis, OF North Georgia twenty years
ago, would be equally as true OF every
minister of the Lord Jesus Christ 20
day II they will only sink absolutely
out OF self into Christ. The more o.
self we have. the less We have o.
Christ The less OF self. the more o.
Christ.
Then "let us hear the conclusion o.
the whole matter: Whenever We ab
solutely lose our identity, when the
ego is all gone and Christ reigns su
preme; ye can ASK what ye will anC
1t will be done unto you."-Cumber
land Presbyterian.