God's Purposes

Could we but calmly wait and let the God of all the earth do as he pleases, all would be well. We are so wrapped up in selfishness that we over-estimate the importance of our own affairs. [JJTP]

The purpose of God in afflicting his real people is to make them more useful, more humble, and in the end more glorious. [JJTP]

We should expect God to deal with us, in a way incomprehensible, if we did but remember how long, sordid, and narrow are our views and plans, and how holy, glorious, and eternal are his purposes and designs. [JJTP]

The means that God has set apart for the effecting of any thing are included in the purpose that he has to bring that thing to pass. [TBR]