Good Is His Will
Learning to receive God's will in everyday life requires faith and love, trusting that all things work together for good.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of seeking God and finding joy and gladness in Him. She emphasizes the need to recognize God's love and blessings in our daily lives, even in the smallest things, and to trust that His will is always good. Tileston highlights the significance of having a heart filled with love for God, which enables us to see His hand in every situation and extract the good from it.
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Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee.
PSALMS 70:4
LORD! along this earthly way
Thou Thy pilgrim greetest;
To Thy thankful child each day
Thou Thy love repeatest;
Thou dost bid me weep no more,
Thou dost teach this song to soar,
Thou dost all the sweetness pour
When my life is sweetest.
THOMAS H. GILL
I AM thankful that I have learned, not only to see that I ought to say, but to feel what it is truly to say, "good is the will of the Lord" in little things as well as in great things. Many who seek to be enabled, and are in measure enabled, to say this in great things, have yet to learn what it is to say it in little things; and, in consequence, they are often heard complaining of what in little matters God appoints for them, in a way that contradicts the faith that "all things work together for good to them that love God," and that, therefore, there is a good in all things, to be extracted from each thing as it comes, by receiving it in the light of love. Love to God, that love which receives God Himself as the portion of the soul in every cup, its sweetest ingredient, whatever other sweet ingredients may be in it, is as essential to the right understanding of what God does in providence as the faith that He is love in what He does.
JOHN MCLEOD CAMPBELL
Sermon Outline
- The Will of God in Little Things
- The Role of Love in Understanding God's Providence
- The Consequence of Not Receiving God's Will
- Complaining and doubt in the face of God's providence
- The need to trust in God's goodness in all things
Key Quotes
“Love to God, that love which receives God Himself as the portion of the soul in every cup, its sweetest ingredient, whatever other sweet ingredients may be in it, is as essential to the right understanding of what God does in providence as the faith that He is love in what He does.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We must learn to receive God's will in little things as well as great things, trusting that all things work together for good.
- Cultivating faith in God's goodness and love is essential to understanding His providence.
- Receiving each thing as it comes in the light of love is key to trusting in God's goodness in all things.