: We Cannot :

: We Cannot :



If God Has Called Us To Be Really

Like Christ, He May Draw Us Into

A Life Of Crucifixion And Humility,

And Put On Us Such Demands Of

Obedience That He Will Not Allow

Us To Follow Other Christians, And

In Many Ways He Will Seem To Let

Other Good People Do Things Which

He Will Not Let Us Do.



Other Christians, Who Seem Very

Religious And Useful, May Push Them-

selves, Pull Wires, And Work Schemes

To Carry Out Their Plans, But We Cannot

Do It; And If We Attempt It We Will Meet

With Such Failure And Rebuke From The

Lord As To Make Us Sorely Penitent.



Others May Boast Of Themselves, Of Their

Work, Of Their Success, Of Their Writing,

But The Holy Spirit Will Not Allow Us To Do

Any Such Thing, And If We Begin It He Will

Lead Us Into Some Deep Mortification, That

Will Make Us Despise Ourselves And All Our

Good Works.



Others Will Be Allowed To Succeed In Making

Money. . . But It Is Likely God Will Keep Us

Poor, Because He Want Us To Have Something

Far Better Than Gold, And That Is A Helpless

Dependence On Him, That He May Have The

Privilege Of Supplying Our Needs Day By Day

Out Of An Unseen Treasury.



Posted By: Judith A.