「祂曾對他們說，這就是安息，你們要使疲乏人得安息；又說，這才是舒暢；他們卻不肯聽。」－以賽亞書28:12
你不過是大船上一個尋常的乘客罷了，就算船長把你放在舵旁也無濟於事，因為你連收起船帆也不會。
所以你何必擔心呢？為何自居是掌舵人呢？安息吧，因為神才是掌舵的那一位。
當你見到翻騰的浪花，搖擺的船身，就覺得船長不在了嗎？
孩子，並不是這樣；祂始終忠實值班，祂從未離開崗位。
暴風是隨祂驅策的戰馬，他們口中緊咬馬銜；當神催策手中韁繩，他們就任祂使喚。
耶和華始終是你的船長，只要你相信，平安就臨到，懼怕必遠離！－司布真
我懇求你，不要讓沮喪在你的心中佔有任何地位。因為這是危險的引誘，是仇敵為你設下費心思量的誘惑。
鬱鬱寡歡會逐漸銷蝕你的心，讓你無法接受神恩典的訊息。它會使原本的小事越演越烈，並渲染上錯誤的顏色，讓你覺得事態遠過於你所能承受的。
其實神在你身上所有的計畫，以及祂實現計畫的各種方式，都出自於祂無限的智慧。－蓋恩夫人
"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward" (Exod. 14:15)."This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing" (Isa. 28:12).
Why dost thou worry thyself? What use can thy fretting serve? Thou art on board a vessel which thou couldst not steer even if the great Captain put thee at the helm, of which thou couldst not so much as reef a sail, yet thou worriest as if thou wert captain and helmsman. Oh, be quiet; God is Master!
Dost thou think that all this din and hurly-burly that is abroad betokens that God has left His throne?
No, man, His coursers rush furiously on, and His chariot is the storm; but there is a bit between their jaws, and He holds the reins, and guides them as He wills! Jehovah is Master yet; believe it; peace be unto thee! be not afraid. --C. H. Spurgeon
I entreat you, give no place to despondency. This is a dangerous temptation--a refined, not a gross temptation of the adversary. Melancholy contracts and withers the heart, and renders it unfit to receive the impressions of grace. It magnifies and gives a false coloring to objects, and thus renders your burdens too heavy to bear. God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. --Madame Guyon
