" Lo I come to do thy will, God.”..... I delight " to do it. It is the place of a porter to wait at the gate; but, in doing so, he does the will of his master. Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him, and what we do is only for Him just in so far as it is He Himself who works it in us. 380
When the will of God is not manifested, our wisdom often consists in waiting until it should be. It is the will of God that, zealous of good works, we should do good always; but we cannot go before the time, and the work of God is done perfectly when it is He who does it. 380