Streams in the Desert April 15 Daily Devotional

I trust in thy word (Psalm 119:42).
Just in proportion in which we believe that God will do just what He has said, is our faith strong or weak. Faith has nothing to
do with feelings, or with impressions, with improbabilities, or
with outward appearances. If we desire to couple them with faith, then we are no longer resting on the Word of God because faith needs nothing of the kind. Faith rests on the naked Word of God When we take Him at His Word the heart is at peace.
God delights to exercise faith, first for blessing In our own
souls, then for blessing in the Church at large, and also for those without. But this exercise we shrink from instead of welcoming,
When trials
come, we should say: "My Heavenly Father puts this cup of trial Into my hands, that I may have something sweet afterwards."
Trials are the food of faith. Oh, let us leave ourselves in the
hands of our Heavenly Father! It is the joy of His heart to do good to all His children.
But trials and difficulties are not the only means by which faith
is exercised and thereby increased. There is the reading of the
Scriptures, that we may by them acquaint ourselves with God as He has revealed Himself in His Word.
Are you able to say, from the acquaintance you have made with God, that He is a lovely Being.? If not let me affectionately entreat
you to ask God to bring you to this, that you may admire His
gentleness and kindness, that you may be able to say how good He is, and what a delight it is to the heart of God to do good to His
children.
Now the nearer we come to this In our inmost souls, the more ready
we are to leave ourselves in His hands, satisfied with all His dealings with us. And when trial comes, we shall say:
"I will wait and see what good God will do to me by it assured He will do it" Thus we shall bear an honorable testimony before the world, and thus we shall strengthen the hands of others.
--George Mueller.