Drawing Nigh to God ....series

Drawing Nigh to God

 

by

Minnie E. Dauphinee

 

Divinely Guided...In Joyful Paths

"In thy presence is fullness of joy."-

Psalms 16:11

 

A young man who once had a bright future before him confided to his friend: "There is no pleasure this world has to offer that I have not tried- absolutely none. All that I have gotten out of it is defeated ambitions, disappointments, and" -he added with deep anguish of heart-" a penitentiary sentence." Had this young man earlier in life followed God's guidance, he would have suffered no sad aftereffects. His pleasures would have brought him true happiness and the hope of eternal life.

 

Because the Christian shuns worldly amusements, some onlookers think his life devoid of happiness. This is far from the truth. On the contrary, the Christian is the only one who knows the meaning of true happiness. A man asked his Christian friend, "How can you be happy when you have so many trials?" "Because I belong to the Lord, and no trial can rob me of His peace and joy," came the ready response. Jesus demonstrated this principle when, just before going to His betrayal and death, He led the disciples in a song- not a "mournful lament, but in the joyful notes of the Passover hallel."

 

"O praise the Lord, all ye nations:

Praise him, all ye people.

For his merciful kindness is great toward us:

And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.

Praise ye the Lord."

-Psalms 117