August 08, 2024

August 8th Evening

3 minutes

“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.”

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