God’s Choice - God’s Providence
“God hath chosen the foolish things … the weak things … the base things of the world” (1 Cor. 1:27, 28).
The Bible saints, who now shine as stars in the firmament of heaven, were men of like passions with ourselves. They were not always saints; they sinned, and murmured, and rebelled, as we do. Heaven’s rarest blades were not produced of finer metal than that which is in our own constitution. God’s choicest vessels were not turned from superior earth to that of which we are made. The jewels which now lie at the foundation of the new Jerusalem were once obscure, unnamed men of no finer texture than ourselves.
Look to the quarry from whence they were hewn, and the hole of the pit whence they were digged, and say if there was much to choose between their origin and your own. Then take heart, for if God were able to take up such men and make them princes and kings surely He can do as much with you. The discipline may be keen as fire; but the result shall be glorious, and all eternity shall ring with the praises of Him who raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, and makes them kings and priests unto God.
This assurance gives peace and satisfaction and repose to the believer, for it places all responsibility upon a faithful Lord. Ask the man carving the stone where it will fit in the building, and how he will get it there; and he simply points you to the builder’s plan. So when wondering where and how you will fit into God’s plan just remember that is God’s responsibility. Yours is the task to submit to His carving of your life for the place He has designated for you in His Holy Temple.
The Bible saints, who now shine as stars in the firmament of heaven, were men of like passions with ourselves. They were not always saints; they sinned, and murmured, and rebelled, as we do. Heaven’s rarest blades were not produced of finer metal than that which is in our own constitution. God’s choicest vessels were not turned from superior earth to that of which we are made. The jewels which now lie at the foundation of the new Jerusalem were once obscure, unnamed men of no finer texture than ourselves.
Look to the quarry from whence they were hewn, and the hole of the pit whence they were digged, and say if there was much to choose between their origin and your own. Then take heart, for if God were able to take up such men and make them princes and kings surely He can do as much with you. The discipline may be keen as fire; but the result shall be glorious, and all eternity shall ring with the praises of Him who raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, and makes them kings and priests unto God.
This assurance gives peace and satisfaction and repose to the believer, for it places all responsibility upon a faithful Lord. Ask the man carving the stone where it will fit in the building, and how he will get it there; and he simply points you to the builder’s plan. So when wondering where and how you will fit into God’s plan just remember that is God’s responsibility. Yours is the task to submit to His carving of your life for the place He has designated for you in His Holy Temple.