Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

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kGs2szz for God will be
as good to his own as the king of
Babylon was to an enemy and God
has promised to do just this.
The Certainty.
The king of Babylon might possibly
forget, but it is impossible for God to
forget. Isaiah, the prophet, declares
that a woman may forget her sucking
child, yet the Lord cannot forget his
own. lisa. 40 rs. The love of the
mother for her babe is the strongest
of all love men know of. For her
babe a mother will dare all things,
yet it is possible for that babe to be
forgotten. The love of God for his
own transcends all other love and
makes it impossible for God to forget.
We are continually before him. Wheth-
er we wake or sleep, his eye which
never slumbers. is upon us. Whether
we work or play his attention never
lagS. Whether we are at home or
abroad his thoughts follow us. God
never forgets. The king of Babylon
might some day find it beyond his
power to do for this man, but Gods
power can never wane. Because he
is God he is omnipotent, and because
he is God he will never change. OBJ
stacles and distractions may rise, in
reference may come, but God will be
supreme above them all, and we will
find that what is impossible with men
is impossible with God. His power
can never fail. Nor will his willing
ness ever cease. He that spared not
his own son for us will surely with
him also give us all things. His love,
his power, his desire, his purpose, his
promise, all speak to us of the great
certainty that every need will be sup
piled so that we may boldly say we
will not fear whatever the future may
hold.
The Method.
Our text says the king gave con-
tinually every day a portion" or a
daily rate for every day. He did not
! give him a years provision or a
| months. He lifted it out of the plane
of charity and made it a personal oc-
cupation. We are so distrustful of
| our God that even while enjoying to-
days gift we take the joy and
strength of it away by worrying about
| tomorrow He will be the same God
tomorrow morning as he is today. Do
not let US fear that tomorrow will find
his resources depleted and his stores
! running short. He who made the
worlds with word will never be
pressed to supply the need of worm
| upon one of those worlds. Remem-
Der that once a widow had a barrel in
which was a days supply of meal.
Day by day she scraped that barrel
| clean, but morning by morning there
was found to be another days supply.
| Always fresh, always ready, the meal
| came forth from the hand of God
Oh the uselessness of all our worry.
Could we but trust our God what joy
and satisfaction, what rest for heart
and mind we would find in the present
| gift. But until we trust him fully
there will always be the disquieting
fear concerning the needs of tomor-
row. He will not change his method
but he will be true to his word, and
we can be confident that continually
| every day a portion" will be supplied
| for US.
The Extent.
The text says he gave the portion
continually ''all the days of his life,'
we have the promise too "as thy days
so shall thy strength be-" Deut. 80 :25
There may be days of darkness upon
our journey, when it will seem as
though the light could never pene
| trate. Days When trouble ana O1S
tress will be upon us, such trouble
and distress as to blot out all the pas
and future, making us feel forsaker
of God and man. Days of such glo
rious sunshine and shadow as to al
most make us forget our God. But
through all the days, whether Of glad
ness or sorrow, '.a1 the days of oul
life" our needs will be supplied We
may be certain of this because of wha1
God is and what we are to him. We
need to trust him as resources grow
How and the meal barrel is empty be
cause he supplies Every day a por
ton" We may, If we Will cease al
our worry, for he will supply every
day a portion, "all the days of oul
life" All we have, our friends In
Guided, might be gone In the morn
ing. but we can never open our eye
to another day and not find our Coz
with us ready to graciously and boun
tifully supply our every need.
Live to your utmost and your best