Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed – John 20:29
How strong is the snare of the things that are seen, and how necessary for God to keep us in the things that are unseen!
If Peter is to walk on the water he must walk; if he is going to swim, he must swim, but he cannot do both. If the bird is going to fly, it must trust its buoyant wings to keep it away from fences and the trees .
God had to bring Abraham to the end of his own strength, and to let him see that in his own body he could do nothing. He had to consider his own body as good as dead, and then take God for the whole work; and when he looked away from himself, and trusted God alone, then he became fully persuaded that what He had promised, He was able to perform. That is what God is teaching us, and He sometimes has to keep away encouraging results until we learn to trust without them, and then He loves to make His Word real.
- A. Simpson
How strong is the snare of the things that are seen, and how necessary for God to keep us in the things that are unseen!
If Peter is to walk on the water he must walk; if he is going to swim, he must swim, but he cannot do both. If the bird is going to fly, it must trust its buoyant wings to keep it away from fences and the trees .
God had to bring Abraham to the end of his own strength, and to let him see that in his own body he could do nothing. He had to consider his own body as good as dead, and then take God for the whole work; and when he looked away from himself, and trusted God alone, then he became fully persuaded that what He had promised, He was able to perform. That is what God is teaching us, and He sometimes has to keep away encouraging results until we learn to trust without them, and then He loves to make His Word real.
- A. Simpson
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