{"id":6156,"date":"2022-02-07T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2022-02-07T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T11:38:28","slug":"%ef%bb%bfgods-lancet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6156","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffGod\u2019s lancet!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

God\u2019s lancet!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Preciousness of Trial\u201d by Octavius Winslow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trials are a precious discipline, a precious correction,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a precious school, that lead you more fully into the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

heartfelt experience of the preciousness of the Saviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trials make you more intimately acquainted with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

your best Friend, your dearest Brother, the tender,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sympathising Beloved of your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will know more of Jesus in one sanctified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

trial, than in wading through a library of volumes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

or listening to a lifetime of sermons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanctified trial opens an outlet for the escape<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of much \u2018soul distemper\u2019. Deep rooted, hidden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and long pent up evil, the existence of which<\/p>\n\n\n\n

has been as a fretting sore, inflaming, irritating,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and impairing the whole spiritual constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the soul, has by this process been thrown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

off, and thus a more wholesome state and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

healthful action has come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, what selfishness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what carnality,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what rebellion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what worldliness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what secret declension,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

has God\u2019s lancet brought to light, revealing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it but to inspire self abhorrence, sin loathing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and sin forsaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of this is the costly fruit of a deeply sanctified trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, precious trial! Oh, heaven sent affliction! that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

breaks down the barriers, removes the restraints,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thaws the congealings that intercept and interrupt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

my fellowship with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our heavenly Father loves to hear the voice of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His children; and when that voice is still, when<\/p>\n\n\n\n

there is a suspension of heart communion, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the tones are silent which were wont to fall as<\/p>\n\n\n\n

music upon His ear, He sends a trial, and then<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we rise and give ourselves to prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a perplexity, and we go to Him for counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a need, and we go to Him for supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a grief, and we go to Him for soothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a burden, and we go to Him for upholding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is an infirmity, and we go to Him for grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a temptation, and we go to Him for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it is a sin, and we repair to Him for pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But whatever form the trial takes, it has a voice,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRise, and call upon your God!\u201d and to God it brings us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s lancet! \u201cThe Preciousness of Trial\u201d by Octavius Winslow Trials are a precious discipline, a precious correction, a precious school, that lead you more fully into the heartfelt experience of the preciousness of the Saviour. Trials make you more intimately acquainted with your best Friend, your dearest Brother, the tender, sympathising Beloved of your soul. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-octavius-winslow","category-perseverence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6157,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions\/6157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}