Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up.

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.

All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.

To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come.

Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail.

So if God should place me in serious perplexity, must He not give me much guidance; in places of great difficulty, much grace; in circumstances of great pressure and trial, much strength? No fear that HIs resources will prove unequal to the emergency! And His resources are mine, for He is mine, and is with me and dwells in me.