“When my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the Rock that is higher than I”
(Ps. lxi. 2).
The end of self is the beginning of God. “When the tale of bricks is
doubled then comes Moses.” That is the old Hebrew way of putting it.
“Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.” That is the proverbial expression
of it. “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher
than I.” That is David’s way of expressing it. “We have no might against
this company, neither know we what to do.” No might, no light—“but our
eyes are upon Thee,” that was Jehoshaphat’s experience of it. “Mine eyes
fail with looking upward. I am oppressed, Lord, undertake for me.”
“When I had great trouble I always went to God and was wondrously carried
through; but in my little trials I used to try to manage them myself, and
often most signally failed.” So Miss Havergal has expressed the experience
of many a Christian. God wants us “at our wit’s end,” and then He will
show His wisdom, love and power. How often we ask God to help, and then
begin to count up the human probabilities! God’s very blessings become a
hindrance to us if we look from Him to them.