We know that in light of your sovereignty, O God, you do all that you please. Every moment and decision is appointed by You to come to pass and all of it will come to pass to evidence Your glory and splendor. And we know if our hearts are set upon You and what your delights are, we have every reason for sustained confidence in the outcome of every trial and test. Lord, we know you appoint and allow some seasons for Your enemies to establish themselves and reap their worldly desires, but such times of apparent diffusion of your light of the gospel are designed to create a more conspicuous stage for when You draw the apparent reign of the wicked to a close, overcoming idolatries with all wisdom, power, grace, mercy and justice.
For what reason can We, your servants, be anxious? You clothe even the most remote of fields and flowers in great splendor, and O how much more you clothe us. Your ways and designs for your glory are well beyond our comprehension and all we can be pleased to do is rest easy in the knowledge that all your ways are perfect and the ultimate outcome for our current sufferings are for a greater good beyond our imaginings.
All we have is this responsibility to move forward in the faith knowing that if we truly love you, we love those who bear your image. And so we equip ourselves for battle not with vengeance or wrath, for that is the Lord's. But as ambassadors of truth, justice, grace, mercy, peace, patience, kindness, self-control, etc. etc., for Yours is the kingdom, power and glory forever. Amen
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