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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

There is the cistern of Pleasure, engraved with fruits and flowers, wrought at the cost of health and peace; the cistern of Wealth, gilded and inlaid with costly gems; the cistern of Human love, which, however fair and beautiful, can never satisfy the soul that rests in it alone – all these, erected at infinite cost of time and strength, are treacherous and disappointing.
F.B. Meyer

When ye murmur and repine under cross and afflictive dispensations, this is a presuming to instruct God how to deal with you, and to reprove Him as if He were in the wrong. Yea, there is a kind of implicit blasphemy in it, as if you had more wisdom and justice to dispose of your lot, and to carve out your own portion in the world. This is upon the matter the language of such a disposition, Had I been on God’s counsel, I had ordered this matter better; things had not been with me as now they are. O presume not to correct the infinite wisdom of God, seeing He has decreed all things most wisely and judiciously.
Thomas Boston

    • Lessons Of Faith 1

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    Lessons Of Faith 1

    LESSONS of FAITH – 1

    It ÿwas ÿin the bag. ÿHe was clutching it like it ÿwas ÿthe last ÿthing he owned. ÿAnd it was. ÿThe attendants had to pry ÿit from ÿhis ÿhands. ÿWhen they opened it, ÿthey ÿfound ÿover ÿ3000 dollars, ÿÿmostly small bills. ÿBy some standards, ÿhe might ÿbe considered rich, but you see, he wasn’t. He was poor, ÿwandering the ÿstreets, ÿsleeping in alleys and doorways, ÿbegging for food and ÿmoney. ÿÿHe ÿhad found a good area where ÿthe ÿpeople ÿwere generous. ÿHe asked and they gave. Yet, when they found him, dead from ÿthe ÿcold and lack of good food, ÿhis clothes were old ÿand dirty, ÿand his pockets were empty. ÿAll he had was that bag ÿand 3000 dollars. What happened?

    What ÿhappened is that he failed to follow one of the ÿmost important ÿteachings in the Bible. ÿGod’s principle of Use. ÿThis same ÿprinciple is rarely applied in many of our own lives, ÿÿand yet it is easily recognized as “missing” ÿin others. The man with the bag failed to apply the principle. ÿHe was keeping all he had hid in a paper bag. He was saving for a rainy day. He was so busy saving ÿfor an unsure future, ÿhe failed to see the storm ÿaround him, ÿÿand he ended up dead on the sidewalk, ÿclutching his ÿonly belonging. It was in the bag.

    That which he cared so much about is now useless to him. ÿHe didn’t use what he had. ÿHe kept it hid in a bag, while he wasted away. He didn’t spend a cent for food, clothing, or anything. ÿHe kept saving, saving, saving! Now it’s too late. He didn’t use it. It was in the bag.

    Are ÿyou holding on to all you have? ÿAre you afraid to ÿuse it? Are you saving for a rainy day? Don’t! Don’t die holding the bag! ÿÿGod wants you to use your talents and your resources. ÿÿHe gave ÿthem ÿto you, ÿnot so you can hide them in a bag, ÿÿbut ÿto display ÿto ÿall ÿfor His Glory! ÿJesus, ÿin the parable ÿof ÿThe Talents, ÿÿwas pleased at the servants that used what ÿthey ÿwere given ÿand ÿangry at the servant that buried his portion ÿin ÿthe ground. ÿ(See Matt. ÿ25:14) ÿJesus even instructs us not to ÿsave treasures ÿon ÿearth where moth and dust ÿcorrupt, ÿÿand ÿthieves steal, ÿbut to save treasures in heaven, ÿfor where our treasures are, our heart will be also. (Matt. 6:19)

    Please, take it out of the bag!

    LRH 10/10/85

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