God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.
Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.