Evening, August 8
Go To Morning Reading
“All things are possible to him that believeth.”
Mark 9:23
Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they
forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This
is a mistake, for “all things are possible to him that believeth”; and it is possible for us to mount into a state in which a doubt
or a fear shall be but as a bird of passage flitting across the soul,
but never lingering there. When you read of the high and sweet communions
enjoyed by favoured saints, you sigh and murmur in the chamber of
your heart, “Alas! these are not for me.” O climber, if thou hast but faith, thou shalt yet stand upon the
sunny pinnacle of the temple, for “all things are possible to him that believeth.” You hear of exploits which holy men have done for Jesus; what they
have enjoyed of him; how much they have been like him; how they have
been able to endure great persecutions for his sake; and you say,
“Ah! as for me, I am but a worm; I can never attain to this.” But there is nothing which one saint was, that you may not be. There
is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness
of assurance, no post of duty, which is not open to you if you have
but the power to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and
rise to the dignity of your true position; you are little in Israel
because you will be so, not because there is any necessity for it.
It is not meet that thou shouldst grovel in the dust, O child of a
King. Ascend! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! The
crown of communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your brow. Wrap yourself
in scarlet and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day; for if
thou believest, thou mayst eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land
shall flow with milk and honey, and thy soul shall be satisfied as
with marrow and fatness. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they
await thee in the fields of faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.”