A HOPE LETTERS

This very meaningful portion of Scripture is very familiar to most of us, probably having been memorized at one time or another.  But a poem in one of our recent devotional readings made a point which spoke to me quite loudly:

“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
Ah, it is here we fail!  We give the wheel
Of our small bark to Him; but then we trust
Our hand upon His hand,
And dare to stand
Beside our Master, lest He wreck our keel.

“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
Leave all to Him; believe He knows your course,
Your dangers, and your safety – all – then just
Abandon all to Him:
So shall you skim,
Borne briskly on before the Spirit’s force.

“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
There is an “also” we too oft forget,
And so are plagued and worried.  Oh, we must
“Trust also,” then our soul
Shall cease to roll
In restlessness and reason and regret!

Commit!  And then, committed, – trust His Word!
Has He not said that He will bring you through?
Trust His strong arm; and when wild storms are heard,
Believe He holds them still
By His strong will.

Trust Him, the Wise, the Faithful, and the True.
Trust Him to manage all that you do now
Commit to Him – the ship – the sails – the sea –
The sailors, your strange crew.  And ask not how He will do all for you,
But trustful be.
Lie down and rest from anxious worry free.

-          Unknown