Gods Sabbath

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“One day alone is ours, and during this day we are to live for God. For this one day we are to place in the hand of Christ, in solemn service, all our purposes and plans, casting all our care upon Him, for He careth for us. ‘I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’ ‘In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.’ Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 30:15. “If you will seek the Lord and be converted every day; if you will of your own spiritual choice be free and joyous in God; if with gladsome consent of heart to His gracious call you come wearing the yoke of Christ,—the yoke of obedience and serv ice,—all your murmurings will be stilled, all your difficulties will be removed, all the perplexing problems that now confront you will be solved.” The Mount of Blessing , 100.1–101.3. It is God’s way to give us but one day at a time. If we content edly accept our daily ration from the great Plan Maker, we will receive true blessings, develop according to God’s plan, and fi nally inherit eternal life. But if we attempt to deviate from this principle, it will result in the loss of these blessings. For there is no other way to achieve such results. A fitting example of the consequences of violating the princi ple of letting God be our Plan Maker every day, is found in the story of the twelve spies sent into Canaan to make a definite plan for the attack. (See Numbers 13 and 14.) At Kadesh, Isra el was not prepared to follow the rule that “each day has enough trouble of its own.” They demonstrated that they were not prepared to accept God’s way of progressive revelation. Their desire to spy out the land was prompted by the perverse human disposition which demands a complete picture of what lies ahead before there is any willingness to obey. Because they wanted to be their own plan makers, they needed as much in formation as they could obtain about the land and its inhabit ants. But what a fearful price was paid for abandoning God’s plan for their own. That cost was not imposed by God. It was Human Plan Making