What it means to abide in Christ...

This morning, I read a beautifully written letter from Hudson Taylor to his sister, Mrs. Broomhall, as quoted in 'Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret' (Moody Publishers, pg 160-165). So struck was I by this part:

"...The sweetest part, if one may speak of one part being sweeter than another (with regards to abiding in Christ), is the rest which full identification with Christ brings. I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize this; for He, I know, is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest position He must give me grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient..... So if God should place me in serious perplexity, must He not give me much guidance; in positions of great difficulty much grace. in circumstances of great pressure and trial much strength? No fear that His resources will prove unequal to the emergency! And His resources are mine, for He is mine, and is with me and dwells in me..."

Beautiful passage. Reading Hudson Taylor's biography, it makes me realize how weak a man he was, even though he was the father of China Inland Mission - but how powerful the God he served. How awesome, faithful, gracious and loving. Can we not trust a God like Him?