trust in the lord and do good so shalt thou dwell
in the land and verily thou shalt be fed delight
thyself also in the lord and he shall give thee
the desires of thine heart commit thy way unto
the lord trust also in him and he shall bring
it to pass that comes from the highest authority
in heaven and earth no matter what has happened
to you no matter what will happen to you to -morrow
or the day after that you do not have to be defeated
you do not have to be beaten on a single So far
as God is concerned and his resources, no man,
no woman need ever be a failure. And it's just
like that. The Christian need not be afraid of
anything. And he can use everything. Jesus said
once, nothing outside a man can defile him it
is what comes from him that defiles him in other
words your reaction to what happens to you determines
the result it's what you do with that thing it's
your own personal reaction to that thing when
it comes into that life of yours that determines
the result. You know, victorious vitality is
a vitality that's capable of mastering everything
because it can use everything. It can lay hold
on the raw materials of human living. justice
and injustice, pleasure and pain, compliment
and criticism, good and bad, the sunshine and
the rain. And it can take these things and use
them regardless of the circumstances. A Christian
can use... anything and everything for good.
And it's just like that. Do you want to know
something? If you keep spiritually vital, you
can handle any situation in this life, regardless
of how tough it may be. If you keep your heart
aglow with the love of God, so that your life
is full of spiritual radiance, Nothing can break
you. I'll put that forth as a challenge to you.
I know. Remember, I am a part of humanity too.
You regard me as a minister, a preacher, and
yet, beloved, first of all, I am a human being.
I am a part of humanity. just as you are a part
of humanity. I am not immune from sickness, even
though I may preach divine healing, and I believe
in the power of God to heal, and yet, beloved,
my flesh, this physical body of mine, is not
immune to sickness. i consider myself one who
loves god with all of my heart and yet beloved
remember i have my trials i have my burdens i
have my disappointments i have my problems when
i come into your home and when i say to you no
matter what your problems are no matter what
your troubles are as long as god is still on
his throne and hears an answer's prayer and just
so long as your faith in him is still intact
everything will come out all right beloved you'd
be amazed how many times i'm talking to catherine
coolman i'm saying look here old girl sure those
problems are big sure those troubles are big
troubles but just remember as long as god is
still god almighty as long as he still holds
the rein as long as he still has all power in
heaven and earth and you are his child you belong
to him then all that is his is yours and all
that is yours is his and as his child he's interested
in every detail of your life how in the world
can you be defeated it's impossible God knows
no defeat. It is impossible for God to know defeat.
Therefore, if you are his child, his property,
he's not going to permit you to go down in defeat
as long as you are spiritually Vital. As long
as you are living in the center of his will,
drawing on his resources, drawing on his strength,
walking in the light as he is in the light, you
cannot be defeated. It's impossible. Mm -hmm.
The danger that you may be broken by circumstances,
situations, or conditions comes only when you
let yourself cool off spiritually. When you get
away from that close contact with him, that's
when all of your troubles come. And all that
I've been able to observe in... human life bears
out exactly what the Bible tells us, that the
people who are nearest to God in their living
and in their thoughts do the best with tough
situations. They are strengthened within themselves.
They develop wisdom. They develop insight. that
are from beyond this world who knows how to handle
the tougher problems of this mixed -up complicated
world without benefit of something more than
just our human knowledge nobody nobody that's
the reason folk who do not draw on god's resources
go down in defeat you can't do it Only to the
degree that we learn to draw help from the mind
of God, from the person of God, from God's power,
do we bring order out of chaos. And it's just
like that. You know, the late Henry Ford was
surely one of the great figures of American life.
And we all agreed that he was a very successful
businessman, a very successful man when it came
to managing dollars and cents and industry. But
there was something more important than that
regarding Henry Ford. He was a successful human
being. Regardless of how much of a success that
you may be in business, you are still not truly
a success if you are not a successful human being.
You may be a success so far as getting in the
dollars. You may be a millionaire so far as...
material things are concerned. You may have everything
that the human heart may desire so far as material
things are concerned. But in reality, with all
of this, if you are not a success at being a
human being, then you are not a true successful
person. it's like that the greatest success in
the world to any human being is to be a successful
human being having learned how to live in christ
jesus well it was the late henry ford when he
was asked the secret of his success as a human
being he said you know i have a few simple rules
for i am essentially a very simple person first
of all he said i do not eat too much second i
do not worry too much and third i put my faith
in god And then I do my best. My very best. And
then I believe that whatever happens is for the
best. And it's just like that. Oh, I think that's
great. I plan well. I work hard. I leave nothing
to be taken for granted. I pray about it. If
someone disappoints me, if something goes wrong
doesn't work out the way i want it there's nothing
more that i can do about it i've done my best
i'll tell you what's wrong with most folk they
never have got into the place where they have
put forth every effort possible so far as they
are concerned to do their best, to give their
best. They wait for God to do it all. They wait
for God to put it in their pocket. They wait
for God to put it in their hands. No, beloved.
Some people have the wrong idea entirely of it.
You know, I'll tell you a secret. Now, I believe
in faith. You know I believe in faith. Oh, with
every atom of my being. But I don't just sit
around and wait for things to happen. just sit
around and wait for god to do it all no if i
did that i'd still be sitting in concordia mizora
uh -huh but i'll tell you a big secret i work
Like all depends on me and I pray like all depends
on God. And when something happens and I have
gotten to the place where I've done my best,
I can do no more. I turn it over to him and I
say, here, God, you take over from here on. And
then whatever happens, it's your responsibility.
I'm not going to worry about it. Every night
of my life, I go to bed just like that. I look
up and I say, Dear God, I'm dog -tired, and you
know I am. I've worked 16 hours today, and in
those 16 hours, I've done my dead -level best.
Oh, sure, I've made mistakes during those hours,
and I'm sorry I didn't do it deliberately. i
tried i did the best that i knew how to do it
i've got to get some sleep now lord i turned
the whole thing over to you i turned those problems
over to you i turned those precious people over
to you i put them into your care and your keeping
i prayed until there isn't a prayer left in me
i worked until i'm exhausted i have not withheld
anything in my own body any strength in my own
body i commit them to you and there's nothing
more i can do about it from here on out you take
over and he always does always i plan well I
work hard, I pray about it, and then I turn the
rest over to God. And there's nothing to worry
about. Do you know something? If we're to live
a serene, a happy, a calm, an effective life,
we've got to master this art. you've got to get
to the place where you have the ability to take
whatever comes no matter what comes no matter
what happens you've got to have the ability to
take whatever comes meet it calmly keep your
mental processes operating keep the sources of
divine power open and at all times and under
all circumstances do the best you can i always
think about what paul said and this was exactly
what he meant having done all stand having done
the best you can stand oh i have seen people
that when a crisis would come when troubles would
come they would throw their hands and say oh
i can't take it i can't take it i can't take
another thing i can't stand this and you look
at them and it's long before you see them trembling
oh every nerve in their body is feeling the effects
and what it is doing to them physically their
mind is being affected to the Place where they're
not even thinking clearly. When you have done
all you can do, what more can you do? Don't go
and do it all over again. Just stand and have
faith. I believe that everything in the Bible
will work. I believe that. There is no technique.
that's stated in the bible that won't work none
that i've ever seen and i've been around a few
years the mere fact that sometimes it doesn't
work does not mean that there's anything wrong
with the principle the wrong is with the people
who are trying to work it paul said i have learned
watch what he said i have learned i wasn't born
with this i have learned through experiences
in whatsoever state i am therewith to be content
it is merely a quaint old -fashioned way of saying
i have learned the skill of taking things as
they come of not getting myself all upset or
in a stew or in a mess or in a dither i have
learned to take whatever comes and take it calmly
because i have god and god is our refuge and
strength our very present help in trouble