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Feeling and Faith Distinct, April 24
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
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When we comply with the Written Word then we are to walk by faith.
We dishonor God when we fail to trust Him after He has given such
wonderful evidence of His compassionate love in the gift of His Son. We
are to keep looking to Jesus, offering up our prayers in faith, taking hold
of His strength. If we would give more expression to our faith, rejoice
more in the blessings that we know we have, we would daily have great
cheerfulness and strength.
Feeling and faith are as distinct from each other as the east is from
the west. Faith is not dependent on feeling. Daily we should dedicate
ourselves to God, and believe that Christ understands and accepts the
sacrifice, without examining ourselves to see if we have that degree of
feeling that we think should correspond with our faith. Have we not the
assurance that our heavenly Father is more willing to give the Holy Spirit
to them that ask Him in faith than parents are to give good gifts to their
children? We should go forward as if to every prayer that we send to
the throne of God we heard the response from the One whose promises
never fail. Even when depressed by sadness it is our privilege to make
melody in our hearts to God. When we do this the mists and clouds will
be rolled back and we will pass from the shadow and darkness into the
clear sunshine of His presence.
If we educated our souls to have more faith, more love, greater pa-
tience, a more perfect trust in our heavenly Father, we would have more
peace and happiness as we pass through the conflicts of this life. The Lord
is not pleased to have us fret and worry ourselves out of the arms of Jesus.
He is the only source of every grace, the fulfillment of every promise, the
realization of every blessing.... Our pilgrimage would indeed be lonely
were it not for Jesus. “I will not leave you comfortless,” (
John 14:18
) He
says to us. Let us cherish His words, believe His promises, repeat them
by day and meditate upon them in the night season, and be happy.
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