Glory to God Alone

King Nebuchadnezzar looked upon Babylon and claimed the glory of that kingdom for himself. But God humbled the king by sending him to the desert until Nebuchadnezzar realized to whom glory was due. "Is God dealing in a similiar way, my reader, with you? Lifted up by your position, and boastful of your gifts and achievements, you have not given God the glory. He has, perhaps, drawn a momentary cloud-shade over your mental powers, or has incapacitated you physically for the trust confided to your hands, and, like the deposed monarch, He has removed you from place and power into a school to you, the most humiliating and painful. But, be still, and know that Hie is God. A bright light shines in this dark cloud. God's thoughts towards you are thoughts of peace, and not of evil. Humble yourself under His mighty hand, and He will exalt you in due time. Yield not to despondency, still less to distrust and despair. God will not forsake you, nor Christ cease to pray that your mind be preserved, and that your tried and sifted faith may not fail. All these emptyings and ploughings are but to prepare you for larger blessings and greater fruitfulness. Thus was it with the king of Babylon, and thus will it be with you. As soon as Nebuchadnezzar recognized that glory was due to God and all these things he possessed was only added unto him through God's grace, all things were restored to him. If you are in this season of humility because of God's grace, why not pray for a revelation of God's heart so that you may also give God all the glory that He alone deserves."

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