"IF for Christians!"

I trust this Anonymous poem will be a blessing to you today.

"If you can trust when everyone about you is doubting Him, proclaiming Him untrue,
 If you can hope in Christ though all forsake you and say 'tis not the thing for you to do;
 If you can wait on God, nor wish to hurry; or, being greatly used, keep humble still,
 Or if you're tested, cater not to worry and yet remain within His sovereign will;

 If you can say 'tis well when sorrow greets you and death has taken those you hold most dear,
 If you can smile when adverse trials meet you and be content even though your lot be drear;
 If you can be reviled and never murmur, or being tempted not give way to sin;
 If you can fight for right and stand the firmer, or lose the battle when you ought to win;

 If you can really long for His appearing, and therefore set your heart on things above;
 If you can speak for Christ in spite of sneering, or to the most unlovely one show love;
 If you can hear the call of God for labor, and answer, "Yes", in yieldingness and trust,
 And go to tell the story of the Saviour to the souls in darkness o'er the desert's dust;

 If you can pray when Satan's darts are strongest and take the road of faith instead of sight,
 Or walk with God, even though His way be longest, and swerve not to the left nor to the right;
 If you desire Himself alone to fill you; for Him alone you care to live and be,
 Then 'tis not you, but Christ who dwelleth in you,
 And that, O child of God, is victory!"