Rising in His Confidence
When we turn to God with loving confidence and say 'Thy will be done', we rise in His confidence and attain perfect liberty, free from the power of pain and its tendency to dull our sensibilities.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the assurance of God's protection and presence in the midst of trials, drawing from Luke 10:19 and Isaiah 43:2. She emphasizes that when we surrender to God's will and trust in His care, He enables us to overcome the negative effects of pain, poverty, criticism, disappointment, and other challenges. True freedom is found in rising above difficult circumstances, disease, earthly setbacks, and negative emotions, by embracing moral courage, contentment, trust, and calmness in God's wisdom and love.
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Nothing shall by any means hurt you.
LUKE 10:19 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
ISAIAH 43:2
JUST as soon as we turn toward Him with loving confidence, and say, "Thy will be done," whatever chills or cripples or enslaves our spirits, clogs their powers, or hinders their development, melts away in the sunshine of His sympathy. He does not free us from the pain, but from its power to dull the sensibilities; not from poverty and care, but from their tendency to narrow and harden; not from calumny, but from the maddening poison in its sting; not from disappointment, but from the hoplessness and bitterness of thought which it so often engenders. We attain unto this perfect liberty when we rise superior to untoward circumstances, triumph over the pain and weakness of disease, over unjust criticism, the wreck of earthly hopes, over promptings to envy, every sordid and selfish desire, every unhallowed longing, every doubt of God's wisdom and love and kindly care, when we rise into an atmosphere of undaunted moral courage, of restful content, of child-like trust, of holy, all-conquering calm.
WILLIAM W. KINSLEY
Sermon Outline
- Rising in His Confidence
- The Power of God's Sympathy
- Attaining Perfect Liberty
- Rising Superior to Circumstances
- Triumphing Over Weakness and Doubt
Key Quotes
“JUST as soon as we turn toward Him with loving confidence, and say, 'Thy will be done,' whatever chills or cripples or enslaves our spirits, clogs their powers, or hinders their development, melts away in the sunshine of His sympathy.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“We attain unto this perfect liberty when we rise superior to untoward circumstances, triumph over the pain and weakness of disease, over unjust criticism, the wreck of earthly hopes, over promptings to envy, every sordid and selfish desire, every unhallowed longing, every doubt of God's wisdom and love and kindly care, when we rise into an atmosphere of undaunted moral courage, of restful content, of child-like trust, of holy, all-conquering calm.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We can rise in His confidence by turning to God with loving trust and saying 'Thy will be done'.
- God's sympathy helps us by melting away our fears and doubts, freeing us from the power of pain.
- We can attain perfect liberty by rising superior to untoward circumstances and triumphing over weakness and doubt.