NOVEMBER 8

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

2 Corinthians 5:7

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Isaiah 55:8

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were blinded.  For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.  But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.   Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

1Corinthians 13:11-12

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.  For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”

Isaiah 41:10

“ ‘Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

This month we will read choices from Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

PASTOR SPURGEON:

The life of a Christian is described as walking by faith.  To my mind, this is the most extraordinary miracle.  Walking on water, as Peter did in Matthew 14, is more typical of every Christian life.  It is like ascending an invisible staircase to the clouds;  you cannot see a step, but you keep climbing toward the light.  Looking down, all is dark, and before you lies nothing but clouds.

Yet for years, some of us have been climbing this perpetually ascending stairway without ever seeing an inch ahead.  We have often paused and asked, “What next, and what next?”  Yet what we thought was cloud has been rock.  Darkness has been light, and slippery places have been safe.   When the darkness was so dense that it could be felt, when the past had vanished, when nothing could be seen but the step we stood on, we said, “How did I get here?  What a strange, mysterious life I have had.”

Then faith came to our aid and we believed, and believing, we see the invisible and grasp the Eternal.  Now without stopping, we can run the shining way with joy, because we know Jesus is with us and we will be with Him for eternity because of His blood that was shed on the cross for our sins.

Perhaps at this moment you feel that you are entering a gloomy valley.  You have suffered a great loss, your spirit is sinking, and you are greatly depressed.  Like Peter, your soul is sinking in the waves.  A hand is reaching out to save you.  You cannot sink while your heavenly Father’s hand is near.

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