WAITING ON GOD

But can we indeed enjoy it all the day? We can. And how can we? Let
nature give us the answer. Those beautiful trees and flowers, with all
this green grass, what do they do to keep the sun shining on them?
They do nothing; they simply bask in the sunshine, when it comes.
The sun is millions of miles away, but over all that distance it comes,
its own light and joy; and the tiniest flower that lifts its little head
up- wards is met by the same exuberance of light and blessing as
flood the widest landscape. We have not to care for the light we need
for our day’s work; the sun cares, and provides and shines the light
around us all the day. We simply count upon it, and receive it, and
enjoy it.
The only difference between nature and grace is this, that what the
trees and the flowers do unconsciously, as they drink in the blessing
of the light, is to be with us a voluntary and a loving acceptance.
Faith, simple faith in God’s word and love, is to be the opening of the
eyes, the opening of the heart, to receive and enjoy the unspeakable
glory of His grace. And just as the trees, day by day, and month by
month, stand and grow into beauty and fruitfulness, just welcoming
whatever sunshine the sun may give, so it is the very highest exercise
of our Christian life just to abide in the light of God, and let it, and
let Him, fill us with the life and the brightness it brings.
And if you ask, But can it really be, that just as naturally and heartily
as I recognize and rejoice in the beauty of a bright sunny morning, I
can rejoice in God’s light all the day? It can, indeed. From my
breakfast-table I look out on a beautiful valley, with trees and
vineyards and mountains. In our spring and autumn months the
light in the morning is exquisite, and almost involuntarily we say,
How beautiful! And the question comes, Is it only the light of the sun
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