Wait and Rest

Dr. Alan Redpath (1907-1989) exhorts, "Listen to me. Never, never, NEVER trust your own judgment in anything. When common sense says that a course is right, lift up your head to God, for the path of faith and the path of blessing may be in a direction completely opposite to that which you call common sense. When voices tell you that action is urgent, that something must be done immediately, refer everything to the tribunal of heaven. Then, if you are still in doubt, dare to stand still. If called on to act and you have not time to pray, don't act. If you are called on to move in a certain direction and cannot wait until you have peace with God about it, don't move. Be strong enough and brave enough to dare to stand and wait on God, for none of them that wait on Him shall ever be ashamed. That is the only way to outmatch the devil."

Alan Redpath, Victorious Christian Living: Studies in the Book of Joshua (Westwood, NJ: Fleming Revell Co., 1955), 143-143.

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