“Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left” (Isa. 30:21). When we are in doubt or difficulty, when many voices urge this course or the other, when prudence utters one advice and …
Don’t Rush by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God” (Isa. 50:10, RV). What shall the believer do in times of darkness–the …
Make a Way by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “I will make all my mountains a way” (Isa.49:11). God will make obstacles serve His purpose. We all have mountains in our lives. There are people and things that threaten to bar our progress in the Divine life. Those heavy claims, that uncongenial occupation, that thorn in …
Trouble is a Messenger by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “My Father is the husbandman” (John 15:1). It is comforting to think of trouble, in whatever form it may come to us, as a heavenly messenger, bringing us something from God. In its earthly aspect it may seem hurtful, even destructive; but in its spiritual out-working …
Faith by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” (Rom. 3:3). I think that I can trace every scrap of sorrow in my life to simple unbelief. How could I be anything but quite happy if I believed always that all …
Living By Faith by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “The just shall live by faith.” (Heb. 10:38). Seemings and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials, conflicts, battles and testings lie along the way, and are not …
Satan’s Tools by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and, let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1). There are weights which are not sins in themselves, but which become distractions and stumbling blocks in our …
Gentleness of Spirit by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “The servant of the Lord must be gentle” (2 Tim. 2:24). When God conquers us and takes all the flint out of our nature, and we get deep visions into the Spirit of Jesus, we then see as never before the great rarity of gentleness of spirit …
Don’t Be Offended by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me” (Luke 7:23). It is sometimes very difficult not to be offended in Jesus Christ. The offenses may be circumstantial. I find myself in a prison-house–a narrow sphere, a sick chamber, an unpopular position–when I had hoped for …
