He is there beside you.

So often you are prone to think that the shadows are more powerful than the Spirit Itself. 

Now; just consider this for one moment—

How could this be so when God created everything?

All those forces and powers that keep this little world going, all the wonderful mysteries of the planets that go on unknown, unseen, but to perfection, perfection in their working, and in the part, which they play in the great and mighty whole.

The thing comes down to this—

And it has since the world began—

The way of discipleship is the way of the cross. 

Christ was the Redeemer of the world, and His road, hard and difficult, ended literally on the Cross of Calvary. 

But because Christ died for you, and for me, that last sacrifice is taken from us in a spiritual sense.

Visualise that road; take your troubles, your trials, your tests, as the obstacles, and the rough bits, which have got either to be climbed over or dug away. 

This is the road to God, and in front is the cross of sacrifice, which you think you have to take up and bear in addition to your other burdens.

But if you go forward in faith and in trust—to the best of your ability—then, as you reach the cross, instead of the agony of the cross, you will see nothing, but the smiling, tender Face of the Saviour Himself, and sorrow will fall from you and joy will be in your heart and mind instead—the cross of sacrifice turned into the loving welcome look of the Father.

You have got to get this thing right—

To little children, the way seems long, the hills so high, and the wind so keen, but if the little child is holding the Hand of Someone who is strong and fearless, does it not make all the difference in the world? 

And although you cannot see it, and you forget to so often, this is what each one does spiritually because the Master is gathered to your side—

The Master who understands weariness, the sadness of heart, falling spirits, and the longing for home and safety, and because He understands so well, He is there beside you, and always will be.

—Zodiac, the Christ Messenger