2Co 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
By
faith, not appearance; God never wants us to look at our feelings. Self
may want us to; and Satan may want us to. But God wants us to face
facts, not feelings; the facts of Christ and of His finished and perfect
work for us.
When we face these precious facts, and believe them because God says they are facts, God will take care of our feelings.
God never gives feeling to enable us to trust Him; God never gives feeling to encourage us to trust Him;
God never gives feeling to show that we have already and utterly trusted Him.
God
gives feeling only when He sees that we trust Him apart from all
feeling, resting on His own Word, and on His own faithfulness to His
promise.
Never until then can the feeling (which is
from God) possibly come; and God will give the feeling in such a measure
and at such a time as His love sees best for the individual case.
We
must choose between facing toward our feelings and facing toward God's
facts.
Our feelings may be as uncertain as the sea or the shifting
sands.
God's facts are as certain as the Rock of Ages, even Christ
Himself, who is the same yesterday, today and forever.
When darkness veils His lovely face I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil.
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