“Like a blind spinner in the sun
I tread my days;
I know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways;
I know each day will bring its task,
And, being blind, no more I ask.”
There is a secret of living which, if people knew it, would make all life easier for them. It may be stated thus — that as we take up any duty and go forward with it, we shall receive the strength we need to do it. There are several Divine promises that give this assurance. One reads, “As thy day, so shall thy strength be.” This seems to mean that the help which God gives varies according to the necessity of the particular day. When we have abundance of ordinary human strength, we do not need so much special Divine help, and God then gives less. Really, it is always God’s strength that we have, whether it is what we call natural, or whether it comes in a supernatural way. When we have human friends about us, with sweet companionship, we do not need so much the revealing of the Divine presence and the companionship of the unseen Friend; but when we lose the human, then we need the Divine more deeply; and in the loneliness God makes Himself known to us as never before. So it is in all our experiences. God fits His blessing to our days. When we are faint, He increases strength. When we are sorrowful, He gives comfort. When we are in danger, He grants protection. When we are weary, He gives rest. “As thy day, so shall thy strength be.”
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