Walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith. (Colossians 2:7)
Abraham in the land... yet the
very promises given him of God seeming to be denied. Was Abraham mistaken? Are
we not sometimes bewildered with the Lord, and are not His ways past finding
out? It all looks such a muddle, but as faith holds on, one day we shall praise
Him, as we see the reason for it all afterwards; "the path of the just...
shineth more and more unto the perfect day" – Prov. 4:18. Note "PATH" not
things! These mysteries of the way contain some secret mystery of God; and are
they not another opportunity to show forth His wisdom and power? When all seems
gone, the conflict so great, the experience so strange and there is no key to
the situation; we are tempted to question whether the promises were even of God;
everything is so contrary to what we expected, we begin to wonder if we are all
wrong! Just then, is the time for us to stand fast in the Lord and
maintain that stand in faith.
After all, our experiences are
very much alike. There is perplexity, there is apparent contradiction, there is
conflict; the forms of experience may vary, but it comes to all of us in some
way or another – still "He abideth faithful." How does this establish us? By the
very helplessness of the situation, and ourselves, which causes us to cast
ourselves upon Him, and it is then we prove Him. You are coming to the place
where you know the mystery of God, and it is a glorious opportunity for Him to
show His wisdom and so you are established. It is all a matter of endurance.