May 12


You must learn to endure everything, so that you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything. (James 1:4 CEV)

We can take one of two attitudes toward the ways of God with us: we can get bitter, sour, hard; or we can be enlarged by exercise - developed by exercise - so as to increase capacity and to bring us into a large place in order that we may be His instrument for governing intelligently under His Headship in ages to come. Things that enter into our history we cannot always fathom; but the explanation which we can give is that, whatever there may be as second causes, the Lord is sovereign, and He thinks it worthwhile sometimes to allow what the world would call the most terrible thing to overtake us for the time being. While it would seem that His Name and interests suffer through that thing, He brings His people through it to a place of maturity; they get to know the Lord for themselves. Through these terrible things we find the Lord produces something that is very much more worthy of Himself in the life of His children. That is His justification - His vindication; if He could do it in any other way, He would. In the long run He does get spiritual maturity among His people; He gets them to the place where they know Him.

He wants to get us to a place where we know the Lord - where we have our senses exercised to know. The Lord give us grace to accept all His dealings with us in the light of His great purpose.


By T. Austin-Sparks from: Maturity - The Lord’s Desire For His People

<< May 11 | May 13 >>


Click here to SUBSCRIBE to these daily messages

Or visit our Facebook page: