Where you are

Indeed, the great point for our comfort in life is to have a well-grounded persuasion that we are where, all things considered, we ought to be. Then it is no great matter whether we are in public or in private life, in a city or a village, in a palace or a cottage. The promise, 'My grace is sufficient for thee,' is necessary to support us in the smoothest scenes, and is equally able to support us in the most difficult.

Happy the man who has a deep impression of our Lord's words, 'Without Me you can do nothing'—who feels with the Apostle … likewise a heartfelt dependence upon the Saviour.

He is always near. He knows our wants, our dangers, our feelings, and our fears. By looking to him we are made strong out of weakness. With his wisdom for our guide, his power for our protection and his fullness for our supply, we shall be able to 'withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

May the Lord bless you. May he be your sun and shield, and fill you with all joy and peace in believing.

Newton to Wilberforce, following the 1796 defeat of the Abolition Bill.