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Seeing the Invisible, March 20
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he
endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:27
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Moses had a deep sense of the personal presence of God. He was not only
looking down through the ages for Christ to be made manifest in the flesh, but he
saw Christ in a special manner accompanying the children of Israel in all their
travels. God was real to him, ever present in his thoughts. When misunderstood,
when called upon to face danger and to bear insult for Christ’s sake, he endured
without retaliation. Moses believed in God as one whom he needed and who
would help him because of his need. God was to him a present help.
Much of the faith which we see is merely nominal; the real, trusting, perse-
vering faith is rare. Moses realized in his own experience the promise that God
will be a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him. He had respect unto the
recompense of the reward. Here is another point in regard to faith which we wish
to study; God will reward the man of faith and obedience. If this faith is brought
into the life experience, it will enable everyone who fears and loves God to
endure trials. Moses was full of confidence in God because he had appropriating
faith. He needed help, and he prayed for it, grasped it by faith, and wove into
his experience the belief that God cared for him. He believed that God ruled
his life in particular. He saw and acknowledged God in every detail of his life
and felt that he was under the eye of the All-seeing One, who weighs motives,
who tries the heart. He looked to God and trusted in Him for strength to carry
him uncorrupted through every form of temptation.... The presence of God was
sufficient to carry him through the most trying situations in which a man could
be placed.
Moses did not merely think of God; he saw Him. God was the constant
vision before him; he never lost sight of His face. He saw Jesus as his Saviour,
and he believed that the Saviour’s merits would be imputed to him. This faith
was to Moses no guesswork; it was a reality. This is the kind of faith we need,
faith that will endure the test. Oh, how often we yield to temptation because we
do not keep our eye upon Jesus
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Testimonies for the Church 5:651, 652
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