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His eyes were opened,
his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly (Mark 8:25).
You and I, dear friends,
individually, and if we belong to a company of the Lord's people, that company,
will only make progress toward that full, ultimate end of God in Christ if we
have a spiritual vision of Jesus Christ. Vision is essential to progress. Is it
necessary for me to stay with the word "vision"? I am not thinking
about something objective that you see with your eyes of flesh. It is something
that has happened inside of you, and your inner spiritual eyes have been
opened. You can say, "I have SEEN, and that has revolutionized
my life. That has put me on my feet. That has set me on a course. That has
become a dynamic in my life which, in spite of myself, keeps me
going." Yes, thank God, it works like that.
I know the aspect, the
factor, of our responsibility, but God help you and me if it is all going to be
left to our responsibility and what we do! I tell you – and this may have been
your experience, or it may interpret your present experience – many, many times
I would have given up the race. That is an awful confession! Indeed many times
I have given it up in my heart. It became so difficult that I could go no
further, so I gave up. It was not, therefore, my persistence that enabled me to
go on, but what the Apostle calls "the power that worketh in us."
What is that? The Holy Spirit has put a dynamic in us and we have seen. We
cannot un-see! We cannot go back. The seeing may fade, and it may even be
eclipsed by days of darkness and trouble. We may know what Paul meant when he
said: "We were pressed out of measure, beyond our strength, insomuch that
we despaired even of life" (2 Corinthians 1:8). That was a terrible thing
for the greatest of all apostles to say! What happened? Did Paul give up and
say: "Well, I cannot go on!"? No, not at all! "The power that
worketh in us" got him on his feet again and again. Let Elijah seek out
his juniper tree and say: "Take away my life!", but the Lord does not
agree. He has given Elijah a part in His great, eternal purpose, and so he will
come up again.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: The Will Of God
In Relation To His People - Chapter 3
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