Providence – lightly Places us – Charles Spurgeon

SUPPOSE the mole should cry, ” How I could have honored the Creator had I been allowed to fly!” it would be very foolish, for a mole flying would be a most ridiculous object; while a mole fashioning its tunnels and casting up its castles, is viewed with admiring wonder by the naturalist, who perceives its remarkable suitability to its sphere. The fish of the sea might say, ” How could I display the wisdom of God if I could sing, or mount a tree, like a bird ;” but a dolphin in a tree would be a very grotesque affair, and there would be no wisdom of God to admire in trout’s singing in the groves ; but when the fish cuts the wave with agile fin, all who have observed it say how wonderfully it is adapted to its habitat, how exactly its every bone is fitted for its mode of life. Brother, it is just so with you. If you begin to say, ” I cannot glorify God where I am, and as I am,” I answer, neither could you any- where if not where you are. Providence, which arranged your surroundings, appointed them so that, all things being considered, you are in the position in which you can best display the wisdom and the grace of God.