The will of God -- our law.

    "If we knew the heart of God, we would never question any of His dealings with us, nor should we ever desire His hand lifted off us till we had learned all He would teach us.

    Paul says, "By evil report and good report"; he did not stop to explain. A true servant of God has not time for that, and to defend yourself only leads to further charges.

    We are never to seek to vindicate ourselves when it is a personal matter, but when the Lord's name is dishonored, for His glory we may speak.

    You never find the Lord defending Himself.

    Your character may not be vindicated down here. The Lord Jesus died under a cloud. He was never cleared in this world of the false accusations that had been made against Him.

    The will of God was the only law of Christ's life. He was never governed by human considerations or affections. Are we set upon this - that the will of God should be our only law?

    If we are not in the path of God's will, we are not in the path of power.

    Our true wisdom is in subjection to the will of our Lord. To human eyes no plan of taking Jericho could have been more foolish than that which Joshua adopted, but it was God's plan and hence its complete success."   

E. Dennett