But above all—to endure pain, heat, shock, all the desert hardships, all of the agonies of life—to endure—that was their symbol of greatness… –to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be—that was what any man could do and be great!”
–Zane Grey (Wanderer of the Wasteland)
“[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
–1 Corinthians 13:7 (NKJV)
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“Lord Jesus make Thyself to me,
A living bright reality,
More present to faith’s vision keen
Than any outward object seen;
More near, more intimately nigh
Than e’en the sweetest earthly tie.”
–Hudson Taylor
Are you ready to meet the new month? Things are happening around us that we have no control over. This country is going to change fast, my fear is not for the better, but they are going to change. The above prayer is one that Hudson Taylor prayed everyday and he used it as a kind of bookmark for his Bible.
I don’t think that we should ask the Lord to show us the “spirit world.” In fact, that is something we are told not to do, and if we had an insight it most likely would scare us to death or at the very least give us the heebie-jeebies. Eastern religions and Cosmic Humanism tell us to connect and get into the spirit world, but that is a dangerous place. It is a place of demonic activity, and a place where angels trod.
On the other hand, I do think we should pray that the Lord give us insight to what is happening in our lives. Show us how close we are living to Jesus, how we can improve and have a closer relationship with Him. Give us a glimpse of heaven so that we can be of better use here on earth. A glimpse that will shatter any tie that binds us to this world. This world and the things in it are not ours so help us, Lord not to tie ourselves to them.
We need to pray that we will have eyes of faith. Look at just a few things from Hebrews 11:
By faith we understand… (vs 3)
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice… (vs 4)
By faith Enoch was taken away… (vs 5)
By faith Noah…moved with godly fear… (vs 7)
By faith Abraham obeyed… (vs 8)
By faith Abraham dwelt… (vs 9)
By faith Sarah received strength to conceive… (vs 11)
By faith Abraham…received the promise…then offered up Isaac… (vs 17)
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau… (vs 20)
By faith Jacob, blessed the sons of Joseph… (vs 21)
By faith Joseph gave instructions… (vs 22)
By faith Moses was hidden… (vs 23)
By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter… (vs 24)
By faith Moses forsook Egypt… (vs 27)
By faith ______ did…
Add your name to the blank. What are you doing by faith? Perhaps the greatest thing that can be said is that you are walking daily in the light of God’s Word. See, real faith is actually faithfulness. That is why when the Lord calls you home, He looks for faithfulness–a life of faith.
One more thing to ponder is found concerning Moses. Hebrews 11:27, says that Moses “endured as seeing Him who is invisible.” We cannot see God, but Moses saw Him through spiritual eyes. We can do the same, even more so as we have the Bible to read. Through its pages we can get a glimpse of God and see what He is doing, not only in this world, but in each of our lives.