 ARE
YOU HAVING A BAD DAY???
When
clouds come between your soul and God, when all around you is dark and
forbidding,
when
the
enemy stands ready to rob the soul of
its integrity to
God and the truth,
and
when error stands out plausible and attractive,
Then it is time to pray
and
exercise faith in God.
Cherishing
faith,
the
soul is enabled to rise beyond itself,
and
penetrate the hellish shadow
which
the enemy casts athwart the pathway
of
every soul that is striving
for
an immortal crown.
Jesus
said,
"Watch ye
and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."
Mark
14:38.
We
are to watch and pray just as long
as
Satan brings up clouds
of unbelief,
composed
of every evil thing that he can devise
to
lead the human mind to yield to temptation.
But
this cloud that lies between God and the human agent
cannot
envelop man and penetrate his soul
unless
he
opens his mind and heart to its dark beams.
The
angels of God will guard
from
the poisonous malaria of temptations
of
the wicked one
every
man who will rise beyond self
and
circumstances and surroundings,
looking
unto Jesus through every mist and
fog and cloud,
and
penetrating by faith the darkest temptations.
United
with Christ, all the power you require will be given you.
Abiding in Him, you can fight manfully.
The more you believe and trust as a child in the Lord Jesus, the greater will be
your capacity for believing. By faith you stand. Only by exercising faith can
you conquer self. . Self is the
ground where Satan always meets and manages those whom he wishes to deceive and
conquer. But if the righteousness of Christ is revealed in you, you become
strong. Looking beyond yourself to a crucified Saviour, a risen and ascended
Lord, who is, as your Advocate, making intercession for you, taking hold of
Christ's power and efficiency, you can conquer.
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High Calling, page 126
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