The Secret of Guidance Quotes

“Robert Hall was once overheard saying amid the heat of an argument, "Calm me, O Lamb of God!" But we may go further and say, "Lord Jesus, let Your patience arise in me, as a spring of fresh water in a briny sea.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“You may talk of chastisement or correction, for our Father deals with us as with sons; or you may speak of reaping the results of mistakes and sins dropped as seeds into life's furrows in former years; or you may have to bear the consequences of the sins and mistakes of others; but do not speak of punishment. Surely all the guilt and penalty of sin were laid on Jesus, and He put them away forever. […] If God punishes us for our sins, it would seem that the sufferings of Christ were incomplete; and if He once began to punish us, life would be too short for the infliction of all that we deserve.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“It was not enough that God should give the land of Canaan by promise and covenant to the chosen race. They had to go in to possess it, to put their foot down on its soil, to till its acres, and to live in its rich products.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“[God] only undertakes that *the steps* of a good man should be ordered by the Lord. […] Not the whole pattern, but the next stitch in the canvas.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“If you are not willing, confess that you are willing to be made willing.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“There is all the difference between a will that is extinguished and one that is surrendered.”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance

“Some lay the blame on their own stupidity. Their minds are blunt and dull. They cannot catch God's meaning, which would be clear to others. … Believe in the great love of God, and cast yourselves upon it, sure that He will come down to your ignorance, and suit Himself to your needs, and will “gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall *gently lead* those that are with young” [Isaiah 40:11].”
― F.B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance