Wednesday, May 12, 2010
"The People That Do Know
Their God Shall Be Strong"
"And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and
do exploits."
Daniel 11:32
(This devotion is taken from Charles
Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening.)
Every believer understands that to know God is
the highest and best form of knowledge; and this spiritual knowledge is
a source of strength to the Christian. It strengthens his
faith. Believers are constantly spoken of in the Scriptures as
being persons who are enlightened and taught of the Lord; they are said
to “have an unction from the Holy One,” and it is the Spirit’s peculiar
office to lead them into all truth, and all this for the increase and
the fostering of their faith. Knowledge strengthens love, as well
as faith. Knowledge opens the door, and then through that door we
see our Saviour. Or, to use another similitude, knowledge paints
the portrait of Jesus, and when we see that portrait then we love Him;
we cannot love a Christ whom we do not know, at least, in some
degree. If we know but little of the excellences of Jesus, what
He has done for us, and what He is doing now, we cannot love Him much;
but the more we know Him, the more we shall love Him. Knowledge
also strengthens hope. How can we hope for a thing if we do not
know of its existence? Hope may be the telescope, but till we
receive instruction, our ignorance stands in the front of the glass,
and we can see nothing whatever; knowledge removes the interposing
object, and when we look through the bright optic glass we discern the
glory to be revealed, and anticipate it with joyous confidence.
Knowledge supplies us reasons for patience. How shall we have
patience unless we know something of the sympathy of Christ, and
understand the good which is to come out of the correction which our
heavenly Father sends us? Nor is there one single grace of the
Christian which, under God, will not be fostered and brought to
perfection by holy knowledge. How important, then, is it that we
should grow not only in grace, but in the “knowledge” of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
Study verses - Philippians
4:7-14; Colossians 3:1-11
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Previous devotions
"A
Tribute To My Mother"
- May 5, 2010
"Criticism"
- April 28, 2010
"Six
Principles For Daily Living" - April 21, 2010
"Faith
Through Trial" - April 14, 2010
"We
Admire" - April 8, 2010
"Faith
Not Shaken" - March 31, 2010
"Take
The Stand"
- March 24, 2010
"Happiness
Versus Pleasure"
- March 17, 2010
"Singing"
- March 10, 2010
"Wisdom"
- March 3, 2010
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