Pointing To Jesus
Christian! pray for Grace To See in every trouble, small or great, the Father’s Finger Pointing To Jesus, and Saying, Abide In Him.
Chastisement
He will not keep back even the most painful chastisement if He can but thereby Guide His Beloved Child to Come Home and Abide In the Beloved Son.
Prone to Wander
Our hearts are continually prone to wander from Him.
Prosperity and enjoyment all too easily satisfy us, dull our Spiritual Perception, and unfit us for Full Communion with Himself.
It is an Unspeakable Mercy that the Father Comes with His Chastisements, makes the world round us all dark and unattractive, Leads us to feel more deeply our sinfulness, and for a time lose our joy in what was becoming so dangerous.
He Does It in the Hope that, when we have Found our Rest In Christ in time of trouble, we shall Learn to Choose Abiding in Him as our Only Portion;
And when the affliction is Removed, have So Grown More Firmly Into Him,
That in prosperity He Still Shall Be our Only Joy.
His Own Specific Way
God has His Foreordained Plan as to the Work of the Church.
REGARDLESS of large or small matters, He Has His Own Specific Way.
Saturday April 20 2024
JOHN 15.2
every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
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MATTHEW 9.37-38
then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; therefore implore the Lord of the harvest that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.”
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HEBREWS 8.5
See,” He says, “[that] you will make all things according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain”),
