Sept. 2
FOLLOW TO KNOW
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord" Hosea 6:3
Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge,
and our business is to persevere and learn by little and little. We
need not despair, though our progress may be slow, for we shall yet
know. The Lord, who has become our Teacher, will not give us up,
however slow of understanding we may be; for it is not for His honor
that any degree of human folly should baffle His skill. The Lord
delights to make the simple wise.
Our duty is to keep to our main topic, and follow on to know, not
this peculiar doctrine nor that, but Jehovah Himself. To know Father,
Son, and Spirit, the Triune God, this is life eternal: let us keep to
this, for in this way we shall gain complete instruction. By following
on to know the Lord, we learn healing after being torn, binding up
after smiting, and life after death. Experience has its perfect work
when the heart follows the trackway of the Almighty Lord.
My soul, keep thou close to Jesus, follow on to know God in Jesus,
and so shalt thou come to the knowledge of Christ, which is the most
excellent of all the sciences. The Holy Ghost will lead thee into all
truth. Is not this His gracious office? Rely upon Him to fulfill it.