The Endurance of God
The sermon emphasizes the importance of trusting God's sovereignty and will in the midst of trials, and finding strength in faith and silence.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of trusting in God's will and tender mercies, finding rest in surrendering to His higher plan even when faced with trials and uncertainties. She emphasizes the need to have faith in the midst of trials, acknowledging that only God knows our true strength and how to proportion our challenges. Tileston encourages silent endurance and contentment in God's sovereignty, reminding believers to focus on Christ and make His will their law to lighten their burdens.
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Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer.
--REVELATION 2:10
Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for Thy law is my delight.
--PSALMS 19:77
O BLESSED life! the heart at rest
When all without tumultuous seems;
That trusts a higher Will, and deems
That higher Will, not mine, the best.
--WILLIAM TIDD MATSON
NOTHING is so trying to nature as suspense between a faint hope and a mighty fear; but we must have faith as to the extent of our trials, as in all else. Our sensitiveness makes us often disposed to fancy that we are tried beyond our strength; but we really know neither our strength to endure nor the nature of God's trials. Only He who knows both these, and every turn of the hearts which He has made, knows how to deal out a due proportion. Let us leave it all to Him, and be content to bear in silence.
--FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON
It is not the sunny side of Christ that we must look to, and we must not forsake Him for want of that. Oh, how sweet a thing were it for us to learn to make our burdens light, by framing our hearts to the burden, and making our Lord's will a law!
--SAMUEL RUTHERFORD
Sermon Outline
- The Endurance of God
- The Nature of God's Trials
- The Role of Christ in Our Trials
- The Importance of Focusing on Christ's Will
- Making Our Burdens Light through Faith
- The Importance of Faith in God's Will
Key Quotes
“Let us leave it all to Him, and be content to bear in silence.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Oh, how sweet a thing were it for us to learn to make our burdens light, by framing our hearts to the burden, and making our Lord's will a law!” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“It is not the sunny side of Christ that we must look to, and we must not forsake Him for want of that.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Leave your trials in God's hands and trust in His sovereignty.
- Frame your heart to the burden and make God's will a law in your life.
- Find strength in faith and silence in the midst of trials.