The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day
Prov. 4:18
Have I begun this path of heavenly love and knowledge now? Am I progressing in it? Do I feel some dawnings of the heavenly light, earnests and antepasts of the full day of glory? Let all God’s dealings serve to quicken me in my way. Let every affection it may please Him to send, be as the moving pillar—cloud of old, beckoning me to move my tent onward, saying, “Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest.” Let me be often standing now on faith’s lofty eminences, looking, for “the day of God”—the rising sun which is to set no more in weeping clouds. Wondrous progression! How will all earth’s learning, its boasted acquirements and eagle-eyed philosophy sink into the lispings of very infancy in comparison with this manhood of knowledge! Heaven will be the true “Excelsior,” its song, “a song of degrees,” Jesus leading His people from height to height of glory, and saying, as He said to Nathaniel, “Thou shall see greater things than these!”
Macduff
Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).
What in life has the splendor of life forever more in heaven? No one has seen the full glory of heaven while in mortal skin! What is the price of such a sight as this? None but the Lord knows the answer to that question.
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Excellent post and reminder. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNone but the Lord knows . . . Blessings, Jim!
ReplyDeleteThis really encourages me to keep moving forward, trusting that each step is leading somewhere greater. Thanks for sharing such thoughtful words.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful post as always. Only He knows.
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs xoxo