Friday November 17, 2023
Luke 6:48
“When the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house,
and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.”
[Let us speak] of those fortunate people who dug deep and built their houses on a firm foundation. Are they then through digging?
No, they have learned that nothing is more deceitful than the human heart. Their hearts are full of holy fear and trembling. They search themselves. They make inquiry continually to see if their faith is dead, if they are sinning against grace, if they have the appearance of godliness but lack its power, if they have forsaken their first love, if they have their lamp in hand but have no oil.
They pray God also to try them: “Search me, O God, and see if there be any wicked way in me.”
And God hears their prayer.
He sees the many dangers that confront us. Also the danger of beginning to have faith in our own faith instead of faith in Christ. Of beginning to rest in our own Christianity instead of in God.
Then He takes away from us the kind of grace that we can feel. Our foundation is tested. What do we have left when we can no longer feel the grace of God? All we feel then is the mind of the flesh. Our heart is worldly and earth bent; sin plays with us and entices us; we have no desire to read the Bible or to pray, no love of the saints. Everything is muddled, devoid of interest, hopeless.
Some deep digging has been done. Now I see with new eyes what my Christianity was worth. My self-confidence has been trimmed down very thoroughly. Boastful speech and haughty demeanor are gone. Now I see that Christ is my only salvation. He is my heart’s only hope. It would break, were it not for Him.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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