February 15
Light for the DaysBlessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. —Psalms 40:4.
DO I so trust in the Lord as to put away anxiety for the future, leaving to the grace and strength promised for the morrow, the doing of the morrow's work, and the bearing of the morrow's burdens? Since God has promised to provide for every day's necessities as they arise, why should I trouble myself with anxieties or fears, and thus waste the strength that is needed for duty and conflict?
Anxiety is the poison of human life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. It cannot alter the course, or unravel the intricacy of human events. Why then allow it, when we know that all the future is guided by a Father's hand?—BLAIR.
He who anticipates and fears calamities, suffers them twice over.—PORTERS.
That we forget the evils of the past, and are ignorant of those of the future, is a merciful provision of Providence, to keep us alike from sad and bitter recollections and overwhelming anxieties and fears. *
Leave the future; let it rest Simply on the Saviour's will: Leave the future; they are blest, Who confiding, hoping still, Trust his mercy To preserve from every ill.