“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 haveenjoyed of Him; how much they have been like Him; how they have beenable to endure great persecutions for His sake; and you say, “Ah! as forme, I am but a worm; I can never attain to this.” But there is nothing whichone saint was, that you may not be. There is no elevation of grace, noattainment 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 asideyour sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position; youare little in Israel because you will be so, not because there is any necessityfor it. It is not meet that thou shouldst grovel in the dust, O child of aKing. Ascend! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! Thecrown of communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your brow. Wrapyourself in scarlet and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day; for ifthou believest, thou mayst eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land shallflow with milk and honey, and thy soul shall be satisfied as with marrowand fatness. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await thee in thefields of faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.”
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