With Eyes of Faith {a devotional}
The
eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is
the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints. Ephesians 1:18.
The
highest qualification of the mind will not, cannot, supply the place of
true simplicity, of genuine piety. The Bible may be studied as a branch
of human science would be; but its beauty, the evidence of its power to
save the soul that believes, is a lesson that is never thus learned. If
the practice of the Word is not brought into the life, then the sword
of the Spirit has not wounded the natural heart. It has been shielded in
poetic fancy. Sentimentalism has so wrapped it about that the heart has
not sufficiently felt the keenness of its edge, piercing and cutting
away the sinful shrines where self is worshipped....
The
eyes of the understanding must be enlightened, and the heart and mind
brought into harmony with God, who is truth. He who beholds Jesus with
the eye of faith sees no glory in himself, for the glory of the Redeemer
is reflected into the mind and heart. The atonement of His blood is
realized, and the taking away of sin stirs the heart with gratitude.
Being
justified by Christ, the receiver of truth is constrained to make an
entire surrender to God, and is admitted into the school of Christ, that
he may learn of Him who is meek and lowly of heart. A knowledge of the
love of God is shed abroad in his heart. He exclaims, Oh, what love!
What condescension! Grasping the rich promises by faith, he becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. His heart being emptied of self, the
waters of life flow in; the glory of the Lord shines forth. Perpetually
looking unto Jesus, the human is assimilated by the divine. The believer
is changed into His likeness.... The human character is changed into
the divine.
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