May 7
The things which are impossible with men
are possible with God (Luke 18:27).
All hangs upon this one thing (as simple as it
may seem) that if Christ is present (which means nothing else than that God is
present) anything is possible at any moment. Are you waiting for some day when
things will be better? It is not a matter of time at all, it is a matter
of Him. He says, "I am time and eternity all in a moment, and
you need not accept anything in the matter of time; you accept Me, and you may
be well-nigh dead in the morning and be very much alive before the day is over.
'I am the resurrection and the life.'" Mary said, “I know that
He will rise again in the last day.” For her resurrection was a matter of
time. Oh no. Resurrection was right there....
As long as it takes to break a loaf you have gone
from seed-time to harvest. "'Do you not say, There are yet four months,
and then comes the harvest?' (John 4:35). I am here, and there can be
harvest at any moment when I am here." It is not a matter of time, of
circumstance. We are dealing with God, and He is not bound by anything that is
known to our human life at all. Eternity dwells in any moment when He is
present. All things are bound up with any moment when He is present. The
centurion said, "Just say the word and my servant will be healed."
"You need not come. Distance does not matter, time does not matter, just
speak the word and it will be done." The Lord said, "I have not
found such great faith, not even in Israel." The word was uttered, and
when the enquiry was made as to when it happened it was found to synchronize
with the moment when He spoke. He takes everything into His hands, and says
"My hour..." and when that comes, there is no postponement.
Oh, that we should lay hold of that more, live on that, never surrender to
conditions, never surrender to the inevitable from the standpoint of the human,
but say, "We have Him; He is our future, He is our circumstance."
Anything can be at any moment with the Lord present.
By
T. Austin-Sparks from: Knowing God in
Christ - Chapter 9
This photograph is from a Facebook page called Live Life in Color.
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