Gems worth pondering
March 25
"Jesus answered and and said, 'I thank Thee O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou has hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes'."
(Matthew 11:25)
Simplicity is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint may not think clearly for a time, but he (she) ought to see clearly without any difficulty. You cannot think a spiritual muddle clear, you have to obey it clear. In intellectual matters you can think things out, but in spiritual things you can think yourself into cotton wool. If there is something upon which God has put His pressure, obey in that matter - bring your imagination into captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5) with regard to it, and everything will become as clear as daylight. The reasoning capacity comes afterwards, but we never see along this line - we see like children. When we try to be wise, we see nothing (Matthew 11:25).
The tiniest thing we allow in our lives that is not under the control of the Holy Spirit is quite sufficient to account for spiritual muddle, and all the thinking we like to spend on it will never make it clear. Spiritual muddle is only made plain by obedience. Immediately we obey, we discern. (O.C.)
They that know God will be humbled;
They that know themselves cannot be proud.
Nothing sets a person out of the enemy's reach as does humility.
N.J. Hiebert # 3654
March 26
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word , and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
(John 5:24)
Note that the difference between a believer and unbeliever is right here. An unbeliever is living in his day, and he has nothing but a long dark eternal night to look forward to; a Christian is now living in his night, and he has a grand morning that he is looking forward to. The day is ahead, the glory is ahead, the best of life is ahead; it is not behind. That is the teaching of Scripture. For a man whose life is hid with Christ in God, judgment is already passed; he will not come into judgment. Christ was judged for me, and judgment is behind me, not before me. (Dwight L. Moody - Daily Gems)
N.J. Hiebert # 3655
