As a disciple of Jesus Christ I cannot afford the luxury of frustration. If I lie down at the end of the day and feel at loose ends, I am not up to my commitment. Why didn’t that letter come? Why didn’t I telephone so-and-so? Why did I leave some things out of that interview? Why did my talk before the group flop? And so on. In such a state I feel cheated, robbed, dissatisfied. And there is no peace whatever.
That condition is both unbelief and rebellion. Unbelief, because if all things are mine, as Paul said (1 Corinthians 3:21), why do I not simply believe it and rest? And rebellion because I have quarreled with God’s portion for me today. I must learn that I cannot gain any more than what God has planned to give me in a given day. All the striving, yearning, and even praying will not yield one sliver more of the blessing God has decreed for me. My attitude ought to be: Thy will, not my will; let Thy portion come; not, give me the portion I demand. I must learn to yield, not resist.
Nothing in heaven or earth can stop or delay the blessing that God has reserved for me today. There is no Delayed Blessings Office in God’s economy. The word delay does not even appear in His vocabulary. Anything that is delayed is simply not His will for me at the particular moment. Therefore, why fret? My days may not always be characterized by pleasureful delight, but they will always be characterized by His specially chosen portion, which will never fail to arrive. So why should I fear?
Yet I always seem to fear God—fearing that He will refuse to give me what I ought to have. The result? I live miserably rather than joyfully. God, give me a heart to accept Your portion—with joy! I rest in this: “No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46.10).
Daily with the King 