"Blessed are they that come up through great tribulations;" that is, if they come up, and do not bend or sink down under them. All the promises are to those who overcome—who overcome evil with Good. Right where you are, lift up the Good patiently, persistently, silently; until the unwilling foes of your own households look up, and are healed of their error. Ask God for wisdom, and then let Him give it you in His own way. We are so apt to think we have asked God, and are trusting Him to do for us in His wise way; when, after all, we are looking about to find the best way for God to keep His promise,—feeling sure that it would be impossible for Him to keep it in any other way than the one we have marked out for Him.
So long as we look toward the Light, and walk toward the Light, if we stumble and fall yet rise immediately with face still toward the Light, "a way of escape" is always provided for us.
