Basic HTML Version
God is All in All, October 16
God in My Life
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is
none else; I am God, and there is none like me.
Isaiah 46:9
In heaven God is all in all. There, holiness reigns supreme; there
is nothing to mar the perfect harmony with God. If we are indeed
journeying thither, the spirit of heaven will dwell in our hearts here.
But if we find no pleasure now in the contemplation of heavenly things;
if we have no interest in seeking the knowledge of God, no delight in
beholding the character of Christ; if holiness has no attractions for us—
then we may be sure that our hope of heaven is vain. Perfect conformity
to the will of God is the high aim to be constantly before the Christian.
He will love to talk of God, of Jesus, of the home of bliss and purity
which Christ has prepared for them that love Him. The contemplation of
these themes, when the soul feasts upon the blessed assurances of God,
the apostle represents as tasting “the powers of the world to come.”
The knowledge of God as revealed in Christ is the knowledge that all
who are saved must have. It is the knowledge that works transformation
of character. This knowledge, received, will re-create the soul in the
image of God. It will impart to the whole being a spiritual power that is
divine....
“For this cause,” Paul says, “I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is
named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to
be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded
in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth,
and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
[294]
307