“They Have Their Reward.”

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We have each “the heart of the sons of men” (Eccl 8:11; 9:3), and even though, by grace, it has been made a new heart, there is, as Paul tells us, a force still within moving toward evil. So we have to guard against subtle temptations. God does not explain, day after day, His providence’s. Delayed punishment is no evidence that there will be no punishment. “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing” until the time comes for the display of His judgment and justice. He protects, however, them that wait on Him, and makes all things, even the mysteries of life, to work together for their good. Reader, you may safely say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”

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