February 2
“And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord of Abraham thy father, and the
God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed
shall be as the dust of the earth…. and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed”
(Gen. 28:13-14).
Jacob was blind; he could not understand what he saw, and what he heard; but even though
he failed completely to comprehend the purposes of God, that did not change them. It was
because of fear that Jacob could not understand.
As long as there is fear in our hearts, we will never understand what God is saying. The devil
will bring all kinds of fear into our hearts at all times, and through this fear we are kept from
understanding God’s purpose and plans. Jacob had to learn many very hard lessons before
he knew what God meant. It took over 20 years for him to be delivered from fear. But we
have the Holy Ghost to teach us all things, so that we can be entirely and immediately free
from fear. It is only by the divine understanding of God’s house that we can know how much
blessing is ours to receive from the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is only through His
Church and in His Church that God can give blessing to others.
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Skilful Hand of God | February 1
February 1
“To make all men see what the fellowship of the mystery is…to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God” (Eph. 3:9-10). When we, by God’s grace, are redeemed by the Blood of His Son, we are like vessels of clay, which are given into the hands of a Master-Artist. Unknown to us the skilful Hand of God is working out designs, heavenly designs upon us.Day and night He goes on working upon us His heavenly designs. A day is coming when He will present us before all the heavenly angels,
and will say: ‘Come, my angels, look at this vessel called Paul!’ And they will say to God: “How did you make him so beautiful?” I am not telling you fairy stories, but the truth from God’s Word!When we see our Lord face to face, and become like Him, we will be admired by all the heavenly hosts.
As we read our Bible from Genesis to Revelation, we may see how in fact God plans to do so. He is working out that plan even now, for God purposed from eternity past to show forth His glory to us and through us.