August 25

Submission

“Take my yoke upon you.”
— Matt. 11:29

“If the soul walks with God, it is not hard, but it is submissive; and there is no softer spirit, nor one which is more susceptible of every feeling than submission; but then it takes the will out of the affections without destroying them, and that is very precious.”

“God is full of mercy and has compassion on us and on our weakness. He is tender and pitiful in His ways; but if we are determined to follow our own will, He knows how to break it. … The worst of all chastening is that He should leave us to follow our own ways.”