[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0413":3},"APRIL 13\r\nAnd the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee\r\n\r\n(Ezek. 3:22).\r\nDid you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not\r\nhave some special waiting time, some complete upset of all his or her plans first; from St. Paul's being sent off into the desert of\r\nArabia for three years, when he must have been boiling over with the glad tidings, down to the present day?\r\nYou were looking forward to telling about trusting Jesus in Syria; now He says, \"I want you to show what it is to trust Me, without   waiting for Syria.\"\r\nMy own case is far less severe, but the same in principle, that\r\nwhen I thought the door was flung open for me to go with a bound into literary work, it is opposed, and doctor steps in and says,\r\nsimply, \"Never! She must choose between writing and living; she can't do both.\"\r\nThat was in 1860. Then I came out of the shell with \"Ministry of\r\nSong\" in 1869, and saw the evident wisdom of being kept waiting\r\nnine years in the shade. God's love being unchangeable, He is just as loving when we do not see or feel His love. Also His love and\r\nHis sovereignty are coequal and universal; so He withholds the\r\nenjoyment and conscious progress because He knows best what will really ripen and further His work in us.\r\n--Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal.\r\nI laid it down in silence, This work of mine,\r\nAnd took what had been sent me- A resting time.\r\nThe Master's voice had called me To rest apart;\r\n\"Apart with Jesus only,\" Echoed my heart.\r\nI took the rest and stillness From His own Hand,\r\nAnd felt this present illness Was what He planned.\r\nHow often we choose labor, When He says \"Rest\"-\r\nOur ways are blind and crooked; His way is best.\r\nThe work Himself has given, He will complete.\r\nThere may be other errands For tired feet;\r\nThere may be other duties For tired hands,\r\nThe present, is obedience To His commands.\r\nThere is a blessed resting In lying still,\r\nIn letting His hand mould us, Just as He will.\r\nHis work must be completed. His lesson set;\r\nHe is the higher Workman:\r\n\r\nDo not forget!\r\nIt is not only \"working.\" We must be trained;\r\nAnd Jesus \"learnt\" obedience, Through suffering gained.\r\nFor us, His yoke is easy, His burden light.\r\nHis discipline most needful, And all is right.\r\nWe are but under-workmen;\r\nThey never choose\r\nIf this tool or if that one Their hands shall use.  In working or in waiting May we fulfill\r\nNot ours at all, but only\r\nThe Master's will! --Selected.\r\nGod provides resting places as well as working places. Rest, then, and be thankful when He brings you, wearied to a wayside well.",1783499792051]