Every incident and occurrence of these pages becomes a mirror held up to God's face that we may see how wondrous He is. "Upon Thy Word I rest Each pilgrim day. This golden staff is best For all the way. What Jesus Christ hath spoken, Cannot be broken! "Upon Thy Word I rest; So strong, so sure, So full of comfort blest, So sweet, so pure: The charter of salvation: Faith's broad foundation. "Upon Thy Word I stand: That cannot die. Christ seals it in my hand. He cannot lie. Thy Word that faileth never: Abiding ever."[38] Something about God's Will in Connection With Prayer <u>He Came to His Own.</u> The purpose of prayer is to get God's will done. What a stranger God is in His own world! Nobody is so much slandered as He. He comes to His own, and they keep Him standing outside the door, like a pilgrim of the night, staff in hand, while they peer suspiciously at Him through the crack of the hinges. Some of us shrink back from making a full surrender of life to God. And if the real reason were known it would be found to be that we are _afraid_ of God. We fear He will put something bitter in the cup, or some rough thing in the road. And without doubt the reason we are afraid of God is because we do not _know_ God. The great prayer of Jesus' heart that night with the eleven was, "that they may _know_ Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou didst send." To understand God's will we must understand something of His character, Himself. There are five common every-day words I want to bring you to suggest something of who God is. They are familiar words, in constant use. The first is the word _father_. "Father" stands for strength, loving strength. A father plans, and provides for, and protects his loved ones. All fathers are not good. How man can extract the meaning out of a fine word, and use the word without its meaning. If you will think of the finest father ever you knew that anybody ever had; think of him now. Then remember this, God is a father, only He is so much finer a father than the finest father you ever knew of. And His will for your _life_--I am not talking about heaven, and our souls just now, that is in it too--His will for your life down here these days is a father's will for the one most dearly loved.