The design of God…

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10

The great design of God in his Word is to make us doers of his will. Doing the will of God is evidence of sincerity and our love for Christ. Failure to do God’s will is foolish, because Continue reading

Providential Sufferings…

John J. Murray has written a fine little booklet Behind A Frowning Providence which has been helpful to me and others in my ministry over the years. One observation he makes is this…

God has forged an inseparable link between sufferings and glory. That was the road that Christ took. He was made complete as our Savior ‘through sufferings’. He endured. He was without sin. How much more is suffering part of the road that leads sinners to perfection and glory! What abundant cause we have to be reconciled to our sufferings!