AUSTRALIAN BIBLE MINISTRIES
“OTHERS MAY … YOU CANNOT!”
AUSTRALIAN
BIBLE
MINISTRIES
“OTHERS
MAY … YOU
CANNOT!”
“For we
dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some
that
commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and
comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise.”
(2 Corinthians 10:12)
…. he will draw
you into a
life of crucifixion and humility and put upon you such demands of
obedience,
that you will not be able to measure yourself by other Christians,
and
in many ways, he will seem to let other good people do things which God
will
never let you do.
… who seem
very religious and useful, can
push themselves, pull wires and work schemes to carry out their
Christian
goals, but these things you simply cannot do. Others may boast of
their work
or their writings or their success, but the Holy Ghost will not allow
you to do
any such thing, and if you ever try it, God will lead you into some
deep
mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good
works.
… in
making money, but most likely God will
keep you poor, because God wants you to have something far better than
gold,
namely, a helpless dependence on him and the joy of seeing him
supply
your needs day by day out of an unseen spiritual treasury.
… and keep
you hidden and unappreciated
because God wants to produce some choice, fragrant fruit for his coming
glory,
which can only be produced in the shade. God may let others do a
work for him
and get the credit for it, but God will make you work on and on
without
others knowing how much you are doing; and then, to make your work
still more
precious, God may let others get the credit for the work which you have
done,
and thus make your reward ten times greater when Jesus comes.
… or deeds
or even feelings, or for wasting
your time, which other Christians never seem to be concerned about, but
you
must make up your mind that God is Almighty and he has a right to do
whatever he
pleases with his own. God may not explain to you a thousand things
which
puzzle your reason in the way he deals with you, but if you will just
submit
yourself to him in all things, he will wrap you up in a jealous love
and bestow
upon you many blessings which come only to those who are very near to
his heart.
… that God is to
have the
privilege of tying your tongue, or chaining your hand, or
closing your eyes, in ways that he does not seem to use with
others. Now,
when you are so possessed with the living God that your secret heart
becomes
pleased and delighted with this peculiar, personal, private, jealous
guardianship and management of the Holy Ghost over your life, then you
will
have entered the very vestibule of heaven itself.
G.D. Watson (1845-1924)
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