Still He Doth Work

We know not His way, but still He doth work;
Let not in your heart a doubt of it lurk.
For He needeth not that thou have seeing eyes,

And He’ll show thee His working by and by.

The Lord often works while hidden from view;
This testing you’ll find your strength will renew.
Just rest in Him fully and trust in His Word
For He careth for thee more than His birds.

Our Lord still doth work thought we may not see;
The outcome you’ll find to be best for thee,
And know that He worked when you thought Him not there;
Simply trust in His kindness, love and care.

We know not His way and need not to know;
His all-seeing eye doth goodness bestow,
Without any help or assistance from thee,
And He’ll give what is best though thou canst not see.
~LSC~ 4/11/10

Ebenezer

by Leah S. Carpenter

“Then Samuel took a stone…and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” 1 Sam. 7:12.

How often do we set up our own personal Ebenezer stones? The Lord most certainly has helped us hitherto, as he helped the Israelites. We should make a practice of setting up “stones for a memorial” of how our God helped or delivered us, both that we might remember his goodness and that we may teach our children and generations to come of his faithfulness. When the children of Israel crossed Jordan, Joshua commanded to take twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan—out of the midst of their difficulty, their testing, their barrier to victory—and set them up for a memorial such as this (Josh. 4) and so ought we to do. Set up stones of memorial out of the midst of every trial, difficulty and seeming defeat that God has brought you to and declare to all his goodness and mercy, his faithfulness and love, his power and might. Praise God that he has helped you hitherto and remember that he will continue the same.

~Ebenezer: the beauty and promise of God’s mercy~