Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Jul 18, 2008 11:09:39 GMT -5
OPEN THE TRENCHES
"You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley
shall be filled with water, that you may drink, both you, and your
cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of
the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hands" (2 Kings
3:16-18).
To human thinking it was simply impossible, but nothing is hard for
God. Without a sound or sign, from sources invisible and apparently
impossible, the floods came stealing in all night long; and when the
morning dawned, those ditches were flooded with the crystal waters,
and reflecting the rays of the morning sun from the red hills of Edom.
Our unbelief is always wanting some outward sign. The religion of many
is largely sensational, and they are not satisfied of its genuineness
without manifestations, etc.; but the greatest triumph of faith is to
be still and know that He is God.
The great victory of faith is to stand before some impassable Red Sea,
and hear the Master say, "Stand still, and see the salvation of the
Lord," and "Go forward!" As we step out without any sign or sound--not
a wave-splash--and wetting our very feet as we take the first step
into its waters, still marching on we shall see the sea divide and the
pathway open through the very midst of the waters.
If we have seen the miraculous workings of God in some marvelous case
of healing or some extraordinary providential deliverance, I am sure
the thing that has impressed us most has been the quietness with which
it was all done, the absence of everything spectacular and
sensational, and the utter sense of nothingness which came to us as we
stood in the presence of this mighty God and felt how easy, it was for
Him to do it all without the faintest effort on His part or the
slightest help on ours.
It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey. The ditches were
made, and the water came pouring in from some supernatural source.
What a lesson for our faith!
Are you craving a spiritual blessing? Open the trenches, and God will
fill them. And this, too, in the most unexpected places and in the
most unexpected ways.
Oh, for that faith that can act by faith and not by sight, and expect
God to work although we see no wind or rain. --A. B. Simpson
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
compiled by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
"You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley
shall be filled with water, that you may drink, both you, and your
cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of
the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hands" (2 Kings
3:16-18).
To human thinking it was simply impossible, but nothing is hard for
God. Without a sound or sign, from sources invisible and apparently
impossible, the floods came stealing in all night long; and when the
morning dawned, those ditches were flooded with the crystal waters,
and reflecting the rays of the morning sun from the red hills of Edom.
Our unbelief is always wanting some outward sign. The religion of many
is largely sensational, and they are not satisfied of its genuineness
without manifestations, etc.; but the greatest triumph of faith is to
be still and know that He is God.
The great victory of faith is to stand before some impassable Red Sea,
and hear the Master say, "Stand still, and see the salvation of the
Lord," and "Go forward!" As we step out without any sign or sound--not
a wave-splash--and wetting our very feet as we take the first step
into its waters, still marching on we shall see the sea divide and the
pathway open through the very midst of the waters.
If we have seen the miraculous workings of God in some marvelous case
of healing or some extraordinary providential deliverance, I am sure
the thing that has impressed us most has been the quietness with which
it was all done, the absence of everything spectacular and
sensational, and the utter sense of nothingness which came to us as we
stood in the presence of this mighty God and felt how easy, it was for
Him to do it all without the faintest effort on His part or the
slightest help on ours.
It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey. The ditches were
made, and the water came pouring in from some supernatural source.
What a lesson for our faith!
Are you craving a spiritual blessing? Open the trenches, and God will
fill them. And this, too, in the most unexpected places and in the
most unexpected ways.
Oh, for that faith that can act by faith and not by sight, and expect
God to work although we see no wind or rain. --A. B. Simpson
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
compiled by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman