Come Up Higher

 

THE PROMISE 

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
— 1 John 1:7, NKJV

 

THE TESTIMONY 

It is no sign that Jesus has ceased to love us because we experience doubts and discouragements.

Affliction comes to us in the providence of God in order that we may see that Christ is our helper, that in him is love and consolation. We may receive grace whereby we may be overcomers, and inherit the life that measures with the life of God. 

How foolish it would be to go into a cellar, and mourn because we were in the dark! If we want light, we must come up into a higher room. It is our privilege to come into the light, to come into the presence of God. 

We are not to believe because we feel or see that God hears us. We are to trust to the promise of God. We are to go about our business believing that God will do just what he has said he would do, and that the blessings we have prayed for will come to us when we most need them. 

I wish that the beams of light which shine from God’s word could find ready entrance into our hearts; for then we should receive comfort. 

Jesus says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Christ is inviting us to open the door of our heart, to clear the rubbish away, and let the Saviour in. Shall we not remove the burden that is piled at the door, and make Christ first, last, and best in everything?

We desire to be Christians, then let us sit at the feet of Jesus and learn of him. He will give us strength to overcome every defect in our character, and to oppose to these hereditary or cultivated defects the virtues of Jesus Christ. 

We must push our way through the deceptive darkness to the divine light. Jesus says, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” 

— Signs of the Times, May 7, 1896 

 

THE RESPONSE 

Trust in the promises of God believing that God will do just what He said. The blessings you pray for will come when you most need them. 
 
Open the door of your heart. Remove the burden that is piled up at the door and make Christ first, last, and best in everything.
 
Sit at the feet of Jesus and learn of Him. Pray for strength to overcome every defect in your character
 
Push your way through the deceptive darkness. Abide in Christ and in His words then you may ask what you will and it shall be done for you. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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