We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, it may be so in the initial stages; but we do not earn anything by faith, faith brings us into right relationship with God and gives God His opportunity. God has frequently to knock the bottom board out of your experience if you are a saint in order to get you into contact with Himself. God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of sentimental enjoyment of His blessings. Your earlier life of faith was narrow and intense, settled around a little sun-spot of experience..., full of light and sweetness; then God withdrew His conscious blessings in order to teach you to walk by faith. ...Faith in the Bible is faith in God against everything that contradicts Him – I will remain true to God’s character whatever He may do. "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" – this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Oct. 31 |
(Originally posted in "Praise reflections," September 2015) Comments are closed.
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