It may seem a very terrible thing for the soul to yield itself wholly and unreservedly to the will of Christ. “What is going to happen? What about tomorrow? Will He not put a very heavy burden upon me if I yield, if I take the yoke?” Ah, you have not known my Master; you have not looked into His face; you have not realized His infinite love for you. Why , God’ s will for you means your fullest happiness! Christ’ s will and your deepest happiness are synonymous terms. How can you doubt that your Lord has planned for you the very best thing?

The admiral that goes out with his fleet under sealed orders does not know what is in the packet, but he goes out prepared to do the will of the government of his country . And although it seems to you that you take from Christ the sealed packet of His will and know not what is in it, yet knowing who He is that has planned your futur e you can step out without realizing all that it means , just as you take His promises. The value of any promise depends upon the promiser , and so it is with His will. Whose will is it? Whose yoke is it?

“My yoke,” says the gentle, loving Jesus; “Take My yoke upon you.” To take His yoke is cheerfully to accept His will for us, not only in the present moment but for the whole future that He has mapped out.

Surrender your will to God. He will never take advantage of you. EVAN H. H OPKINS

“I dar e not pr omise, Lor d,” I cried,

“For futur e years close-sealed.

Surrender is a fearful thing—

I long—but dar e not yield.”

How clear and swift the answer came:

“I only ask of thee

A present of thyself for time

And for eternity .”

An easy thing to make a gift!

My fears found swift r elease.

I gave myself to Him, and found

Past understanding, peace.

BERTHA GERNEAUX WOODS

This is the will of God, even your sanctification.—Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.—This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.—We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

We . . . do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.—The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, . . . give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe.

Understanding what the will of the Lord is.

It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

This is the will of God, even your sanctification.—That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.—Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth: wherefore lay apart all filthiness.

Be ye holy; for I am holy.—[Jesus] said, Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.—Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.—The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.