5. My soul, wait thou only upon God. When we
have already practiced a virtue, we must stir ourselves up to maintain the holy
position. Submit yourself completely, trust immovably, wait patiently. Like
your Lord, conquer by the passive resistance of victorious patience; you can
only achieve this as you are inwardly persuaded of God’s presence, and as you
wait solely and alone on him. Unmingled faith is undismayed. Faith with a
single eye sees herself secure, but if her eye be darkened by two confidences,
she is blind and useless. For my expectation is from him. We expect from
God because we believe in him. Expectation is the child of prayer and faith,
and is owned of the Lord as an acceptable grace. We should desire nothing but
what it would be right for God to give, then our expectation would be all from
God; and concerning truly good things we should not look to second causes, but
to the Lord alone, and so again our expectation would be all from him. The vain
expectations of worldly people come not; our expectations are on the way, and
in due course will arrive to satisfy our hopes. Happy is the person who feels
that all he has, all he wants, and all he expects are to be found in his God.
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