Too wise to err-and too loving to be unkind!

(Arthur Pink, "The Sovereignty of God")

Because God is righteous-His judgments fall upon those who rebel against Him.

Because God is faithful-the solemn threatenings of His Word are fulfilled.

Because God is omnipotent-none can successfully resist Him, still less overthrow His counsel.

Because God is omniscient-no problem can master Him, and no difficulty baffle His wisdom.

Faith endures "as seeing Him who is invisible." (Hebrews 11:27) Faith endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life-by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err-and too loving to be unkind.

So long as we are occupied with any other object than God Himself-there will be neither rest for the heart, nor peace for the mind. But when we receive all that enters our lives as from His hand-then, no matter what may be our circumstances or surroundings-whether in a hovel, a prison-dungeon, or a martyr's stake-we shall be enabled to say, "The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places!" (Psalm 16:6). But that is the language of faith-not of sight or of sense.

There is no higher aspect of faith, than that which brings the heart to patiently submit unto whatever God sends unto us; to meekly acquiesce unto His sovereign will; and to say, "Shall I not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?" Faith when it reaches the pinnacle of attainment declares, "though He slays me, yet will I trust in Him!"

"Father, if You are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from Me. Yet I want Your will to be done, not Mine!" Luke 22:42