Putting Ourselves in the Hands of the Lord

All that we claim then in this life of sanctification is that by a step of faith we put ourselves into the hands of the Lord, for Him to work in us all the good pleasure of His will; and that by a continuous exercise of faith we keep ourselves there. . . . Our part is trusting, it is His to accomplish the results.

Hannah Whitall Smith, The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, Dodo Press, 2008 [1875], p.7.