“Tried and Proven.”

The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. (Psalm 37:23)

 There was a dear saint of God in whose home the minister was taking tea. While she was in the kitchen he picked up her much-worn Bible and rather absently began to turn the leaves, when he noticed here and there along the margin these two letters, T.P. When she came back in the room with the tea he said, “Auntie, I was enjoying looking at your Bible, but what do these letters mean that you have written here so many places? T.P. And here it is again, T.P. And here.”
 “Oh, Brother,” she said, her face lighting with joy, “that means tried and proven. In the time of some great need I have taken those promises and claimed them as my very own. They are the ones that I have tried and proven true.”
 How precious, indeed, and that’s exactly the way the Lord intends us to use them. He wants us to prove His Word, use it in our time of need. “Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord,” until with strength, faith, and sweet confidence we can write on the margin beside many a verse, “tried and proven.”
 God’s Word says, “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” Abundant supply! Limitless resources! “Streams that never run dry.” “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”—Virginia Brandt Berg [1]

 God may withhold an answer to prayer until we relinquish control of the outcome and put our complete trust in Him. —Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

[1] Anchor Trust the Lord! Always!