Work to Abide
The sermon emphasizes the importance of trusting and having confidence in God, allowing His love and goodness to influence our lives.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of trusting in the Lord, emphasizing that He is a sun and shield, granting grace, glory, and every good thing to those who walk uprightly. She highlights the simplicity of just trusting in God, leading to a peaceful and blessed life regardless of circumstances. Tileston encourages stillness, faith, love, trust, and confidence in God as the key to experiencing more goodness and holiness, emphasizing the need for quiet growth in the kingdom of God.
Text
The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
PSALMS 84:11
JUST to trust Him, this is all!
Then the day will surely be
Peaceful, whatsoe'er befall,
Bright and blessed, calm and free.
FRANCES R. HAVERGAL
WHAT we should do is really, very often, to be still. And if we want something to make us more active and energetic, watchful and holy, I know but one thought, that is faith,--faith producing love. More trust and confidence and joy in God would be the secret--the only true or successful secret--of more goodness. And this should come quietly and calmly, not in great effort; this kingdom of God has come not with observation. Rest and quiet growth are what you want.
JAMES HINTON
Open wide every avenue of your being to receive the blessed influences your Divine Husbandman may bring to bear upon you. Bask in the sunshine of His love. Drink in of the waters of His goodness. Keep your face upturned to Him. You need make no efforts to grow. But let your efforts instead be all concentrated on this, that you abide in the Vine.
HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Sermon Outline
- The Source of Abiding
- The Secret of Abiding
- The Means of Abiding
- Receiving God's influences
- Abiding in the Vine
Key Quotes
“JUST to trust Him, this is all!” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Rest and quiet growth are what you want.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“You need make no efforts to grow. But let your efforts instead be all concentrated on this, that you abide in the Vine.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Make an effort to trust and have confidence in God, allowing His love and goodness to influence your life.
- Focus on abiding in the Vine, rather than trying to grow through your own efforts.
- Keep your face turned up to God, receiving His influences and allowing Him to work in your life.