February
4
Beyond all question, the
mystery of godliness is great (1 Timothy 3:16 NIV).
Very often it may seem
but poor comfort to us in times of suffering, times of trial, times of
adversity, times when Satan is pressing hard, to be told that, while we can see
nothing of the meaning of all this, God is instructing angels, and that
principalities and powers are deriving the benefit of it all. We do not draw a
great deal of comfort from that, but if we understood I think we would realize
that, while we may not at such times be fulfilling a very big ministry on the
earth, there is a big ministry going on towards principalities and powers
through our instrumentality. Do not think that running about taking meetings,
and doing work for the Lord, is the only kind of ministry that members of the
Church can fulfill. Ministry may be equally being fulfilled when these things
have been brought to a standstill, and all earthly activities for the Lord
stopped, and we are in one of these painful periods of inaction.
Do not conclude that
because of such inaction no ministry is being rendered, or that everything of
that kind is cut off at such a time. Here is the word: "...that NOW unto
the principalities and the powers in heavenly places might be made known
through the Church the manifold wisdom of God" – not in the coming age,
but now. They are learning from the Lord, by reason of those very difficult and
trying experiences through which the Lord is taking us, what He is doing in the
Church.
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