"I Delight To Do YOUR Will, O My GOD!"

The crosses we make

(J.R. Miller)

A cross is composed of two pieces of wood. 

The shorter piece represents your will--

and the longer piece representsGOD'S will. 

Lay the two pieces side by side--

and there is no cross; but lay the shorter 

piece across the longer one--

and you have a cross. 

Just so, whenever our will 

falls across GOD'S will--

there is a cross in our life. 

We make a cross for ourselves . . .

  every time we do not accept CHRIST'S way,
  every time we murmur at anything HE sends,
  every time we will not do what HE commands.

But when we quietly accept what 

HE gives, when we yield in sweet 

acquiescence to HIS will, though 

it shatters our fairest hopes, when 

we let our will lie alongside HIS--

there are no crosses in our life, 

and we have found the peace 

of CHRIST. 

"My FATHER! If this cup cannot 

be taken away unless I drink it, 

may YOUR will be done." 

Matthew 26:42 

"I delight to do YOUR will, 

O my GOD!" Psalm 40:8  

  

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