His Appointment

I love to think that God appoints
My portion day by day;
Events of life are in His hand,
And I would only say,
Appoint them in Thine own good time,
And in Thine own best way.

------A. L. Waring


If we are really, and always, and equally ready
to do whatsoever the King appoints, all the tri-
als and vexations arising from any change in
His appointments, great or small, simply do not
exist. If He appoints me to work there, shall I
lament that I am not to work here? If
He appoints me to wait indoors today, am I to
be annoyed because I am not to work out-of-
doors? If I meant to write His messages this
morning, shall I grumble because He sends
interrupting visitors, rich or poor, to whom I
am to speak, or "show kindness" for His sake,
or at least obey His command, "Be courteous"?
If all my members are really at His disposal,
why should I be put out if today's appointment
is some simple work for my hands or errands
for my feet, instead of some seemingly more
important doing of head or tongue?

----------Frances Ridley Havergal



Thy servants are ready to do whatsover
my lord the king shall appoint.
2 Samuel 15:15