Walk
in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith (Colossians
2:7).
Abraham in the land...
yet the very promises given him of God seeming to be denied. Was Abraham
mistaken? Are we not sometimes bewildered with the Lord, and are not His ways
past finding out? It all looks such a muddle, but as faith holds on, one day we
shall praise Him, as we see the reason for it all afterwards; "the path of
the just... shineth more and more unto the perfect day" – Prov. 4:18. Note
"PATH" not things! These mysteries of the way contain some secret
mystery of God; and are they not another opportunity to show forth His wisdom
and power? When all seems gone, the conflict so great, the experience so
strange and there is no key to the situation; we are tempted to question
whether the promises were even of God; everything is so contrary to what we
expected, we begin to wonder if we are all wrong! Just then, is
the time for us to stand fast in the Lord and maintain that stand in faith.
After all, our experiences
are very much alike. There is perplexity, there is apparent contradiction,
there is conflict; the forms of experience may vary, but it comes to all of us
in some way or another – still "He abideth faithful." How does this
establish us? By the very helplessness of the situation, and ourselves, which
causes us to cast ourselves upon Him, and it is then we prove Him. You are
coming to the place where you know the mystery of God, and it is a glorious
opportunity for Him to show His wisdom and so you are established. It is all a
matter of endurance.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: The Cross and
the City of God - Chapter 3
This photograph is by Jo Chaney.
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