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Flickering Lights, December 21
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
.
I long to see the church arise to a full sense of their responsibility and
accountability before God, to let their light shine forth to the world in clear,
steady, bright rays. The light of many is too flickering, fitful, and uncertain. It
will at times blaze forth in bright rays and then it becomes almost extinct. The
Lord God of Israel cannot be glorified unless the light shines steadily amid the
moral darkness, as well as in the light. The light of the Sun of Righteousness
is never dim. It is constantly shining upon us. Notwithstanding Satan casts
his hellish shadow athwart our path, the light shineth beyond.
Then why should not the followers of Jesus walk in His light, reflecting
the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness? They may do this. Christ has
enjoined upon them to do this, and He makes it possible for them to do this,
for He would never enjoin them to do that which it is not possible for them to
do. What is possible should be done, not only for their own happiness and
peace, but for the good of the world.
We need daily to uplift the soul heavenward, catching the bright beams of
light from the Sun of Righteousness. Hath God forgotten to be gracious to
His people who fear Him, who love Him? No. Hath He shut up His tender
mercies that they can no longer reach His tried and tempted ones? I tell you,
nay. Look up, trembling, doubting souls. Look up to the face of Jesus Christ,
beaming with love upon the purchase of His blood, and doubt no more.
Jesus lives as your Advocate, your great High Priest. He is your repre-
sentative before the Father in the courts of heaven. His mediation secures
you everything that your faith claims. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you” (
Matthew 7:7
).
Who has said it? The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. He is your
Saviour. Never will He fail to prove true to His word. Never will He falsify
Himself. God hath promised. Let faith claim the promise.—
Manuscript 24,
December 21, 1889
, diary.
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