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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

tempted to question that if God has really led us, why these difficulties have come upon us? We will not be able to with stand tribulations and we will expect God’s plans to be free of obstacles. Frequently we imagine that others, whom we think have guided us in this plan, should be responsible for its frus trating outcomes.

ASeries of Uninterrupted Victories

Once we have established these principles of operation in our life, we will find ourselves praising the Lord for His marvellous works. Joy unspeakable will attend us as we follow our Lord from victory to victory. “...the life of His [Christ’s] trusting disciples would be like His, a series of uninterrupted victories, not seen to be such here, but recognized as such in the great hereafter.” The Desire of Ages , 679.2. Our life will breathe forth a sweet fragrance and will attract others to the Saviour. We will be living witnesses of the perfec tion found in our heavenly Father, and our names will be writ ten in the Lamb’s book of life. Eventually, we will step hand-in hand with Christ from this earth to the eternal abodes where we will continue to live the life begun with God here. But throughout this earthly sojourn, we must ever guard against the fearful tendency to which so many have succumbed in the past, of reverting to human ways. Ever fearful that this will happen to us, we need to spend time every day in close and deep communion with nature and with God. We must constant ly review the stories recorded by inspiration so that we will learn to avoid the mistakes of the past. For those who are dili gent in these things, the rewards are beyond computation.