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August 12, 2008
THE THEOLOGY OF REST
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?
Matthew 8:26
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=mt+8:26&sr=1
When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our
Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have
an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so
confident in Him that in any crisis they are the reliable ones. Our
trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the
elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our
wits' end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him
and His government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see
nothing but breakers ahead.
"O ye of little faith!" What a pang must have shot through the
disciples - 'Missed it again!' And what a pang will go through us
when we suddenly realize that we might have produced down right joy
in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in Him, no
matter what was ahead.
There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we
do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly
reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and
to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking
point and not break in our confidence in Him.
We have been talking a great deal about sanctification - what is it
all going to amount to? It should work out into rest in God which
means oneness with God, a oneness which will make us not only
blameless in His sight, but a deep joy to Him.
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