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“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.”
– Genesis 32:12

The possession of a God, or the non-possession of a God, makes the greatest possible difference between man and man. Esau is a princely being, but he is “a profane person.” Jacob is a weak, fallible, frail creature, but he has a God. Have you not heard of “the mighty God of Jacob”? There are many wise, careful, prudent men of the world who have no God; and truly these in the highest sense, like the young lions, do lack, and suffer hunger; for their highest nature is left to famish. Those who wait upon the Lord are often very simple, and devoid of ability and policy, but they shall not lack any good thing: their highest nature is well supplied from heavenly sources. This is the great difference between the two races which people the world: I mean the sons of men who say in their hearts, “No God,” and the sons of God, the twice-born, who have received new life, and therefore with heart and flesh cry out for God, even the living God. The child of this world enquires, “Whither shall I flee from his presence?” The child of light cries, “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee.” There are thus two races of men who can never blend, either in this life or in that which is to come…