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Life with a Purpose, February 27
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is
in the Lord his God.
Psalm 146:5
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Your only safety and happiness are in making Christ your constant
counselor. You can be happy in Him if you had not another friend in the
wide world. Your feelings of unrest and homesickness or loneliness may
be for your good. Your heavenly Father means to teach you to find in Him
the friendship and love and consolation that will satisfy your most earnest
hopes and desires....
Do not be overanxious about anything. Go quietly about your duty
which the day brings you. Do the best you can; ask God to be your
helper.... Feel every day, “I am doing my work for God. I am not living
for myself, to glorify myself, but to glorify God.” Oh, trust in Jesus and
not in your own heart! Cast your burden and yourself upon Him. If you
feel no joy, no consolation, do not be discouraged. Hope and believe. You
may have a precious experience in the things of God. Wrestle with your
discouragements and doubts until you gain the victory over them in Jesus’
name. Do not encourage grief, despondency, and darkness.... Repose in
the broad, sure promises of God. Rest in these promises, without a doubt.
I have seen that those who live for a purpose, seeking to benefit and
bless their fellow men and to honor and glorify their Redeemer, are the
truly happy ones on the earth, while the man who is restless, discontented,
and seeking this and testing that, hoping to find happiness, is always
complaining of disappointment. He is always in want, never satisfied,
because he lives for himself alone. Let it be your aim to do good, to act
your part in life faithfully.
Find time to comfort some other heart, to bless with a kind, cheering
word someone who is battling with temptation and maybe with affliction.
In thus blessing another with cheering, hopeful words, pointing him to
the Burden Bearer, you may unexpectedly find peace, happiness, and
consolation yourself.
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