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3. And this is not by some condition or means that is so high and
difficult that we cannot perform our part, but it is simply "in
believing "--something which the little child or the aged
philosopher, the poor man and the rich man, the ignorant and the
learned can do. And the result will be:--
4. Abounding "hope through the power of the Holy Ghost." And what
power is that? If it is physical power, then the power of a
million Niagaras and flowing oceans and rushing worlds is as
nothing compared to it. If it is mental power, then the power of
Plato and Bacon and Milton and Shakespeare and Newton is as the
light of a fire-fly to the sun when compared to it. If it is
spiritual power, then there is nothing with which it can be
compared. But suppose it is all three in one, infinite and
eternal! This is the power, throbbing with love and mercy, to
which we are to bring our little hearts by living faith, and God
will fill us with joy and peace and hope by the incoming of the
Holy Spirit.
God's people are a hopeful people. They hope in God, with whom
there is no change, no weakness, no decay. In the darkest night
and the fiercest storm they still hope in Him, though it may be
feebly. But He would have His people "abound in hope" so that
they should always be buoyant, triumphant.
But how can this be in a world such as this? We are surrounded by
awful, mysterious, and merciless forces, that at any moment may
overwhelm us.
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