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Rejoice in the Lord, May 27
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
.
My head is weary this morning. Mist and clouds hang over my mind; but
the suggestions of the enemy to distrust the Lord shall not be cherished. Now
is my time to fight the good fight of faith. Now is the very occasion that needs
the steady faith that works by love and purifies my soul. I seek the Lord more
earnestly.
In
1 Chronicles 28:9
David gives his charge to Solomon....
The message was brought to Asa by the Lord’s prophet: “The Lord is
with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you;
but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you” (
2 Chronicles 15:2
; cf.
Jeremiah
29:11-13
). My heart goes out in faith. Faith is not feeling; faith is not sight.
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”
(
Hebrews 11:1
).
I spoke in the Rechabite’s hall at 3:00 P.M. from
Philippians 4:4-7
:
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be
known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” I believe the promise
is for me, and I appropriate the same personally. The promise itself is of no
value unless I fully believe that He that has made the promise is abundantly
able to fulfill, and infinite in power to do all that He has said.
The message the Lord gave me was a message of faith. We cannot
dishonor God more than in distrusting His Word. Feeling is not at all reliable.
A religion fed and kept alive by emotions is valueless. God’s Word is the
foundation upon which our hopes may safely rest, and in the confidence we
have in the Word of God we are established, strengthened, settled, riveted to
the Eternal Rock. Then the prayer of Paul will be answered:
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the
Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in
the knowledge of God” (
Colossians 1:9, 10
).—
Manuscript 80, May 27, 1893
,
diary.
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