By using God’s stepping stone to success, Faith, man may attain the true object in life; wisdom through experiences. This cannot be accomplished by giving in to the difficulties of life, but only by overcoming them. The promises of God are not made to those who fail in life’s battle, but to those who overcome. Neither are there any promises that man shall have an easy time and be happy ever afterwards. Yet, it is after this that the majority of people are for ever seeking—an easy life, a good time, freedom from suffering and care. But, in spite of all their seeking, they can never find that which they desire. There is always a fly in the ointment of their pleasure, something that robs them of true happiness; or, possibly, combinations of circumstances conspire to upset all their plans.

Life is a paradox, the true object of life is not the attainment of happiness, yet if we attain the true object of life (wisdom through experiences) we find happiness. Those who are ignorant of life’s true purpose and who seek happiness high and low, year after year, fail to find it. It forever eludes them. On the other hand, those who recognize the true object of life, and follow it, attain happiness without seeking for it.

In times past and present, people have made God a convenience. They think they can drift through life, learning none of its discipline and then, when in trouble, or things are not going to their liking, they pray to God to have the unpleasant circumstances taken away. They constantly seek the easy life; however they are merely looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The easy life they seek constantly eludes them, simply because there is no such thing. The only life that is easy is the life of the strong soul who has overcome. His life is not easy in reality, but appears relatively so because of his strength.

It is impossible to have an easy life, and, if it were possible, then life would be not worth living, for the sole object of life is the building of character and the attainment of wisdom through experiences.

The majority of people are drifters on the sea of life. They are wafted here and blown there; they are also carried hither and thither by every current. It is only the few who realize that they have the Power of the Infinite within them, by which they can rise superior to all their difficulties, overcome their own weaknesses, and, through victorious experience, attain wisdom.

At this point some practical reader may say that attaining wisdom is all very well, but what he wants is practical help. He is perhaps out of work, has sickness in his house and is in debt. Or, he may be well-to-do, and yet in the deepest distress and misery. To all such I would say that they possess the Power by which they can overcome all their difficulties, and, through overcoming, attain wisdom. A man’s success depends, more than anything, upon his faith—his faith in the good purpose of life; his faith in the Power of the Infinite within him and his ability to overcome every obstacle in his path. Faith; God’s stepping stone to success.

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