True Power

                   "In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid,” Psalm 56:11

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892):

   “A false faith can only float in smooth water-but true faith, like a life boat, is at home during storms. If our religion does not hold us up in times of trial, what is the use of it? If we cannot believe God when our circumstances appear to be against us, we do not believe Him at all.”
     I love Charles Spurgeon. He was such an amazing preacher. And oh, how he loved God! He knew grace and he knew hardship, but most of all he knew his Savior, Jesus Christ. He was so filled with complete and absolute trust in the love and goodness of God. And, He worshipped. Oh, how he worshipped. He loved to worship his Lord, nothing gave him more joy. The more he hurt, the more he worshipped. It lifted the blackness, it defeated the enemy, and it showed the faith of a giant.
     When I hurt, when the enemy comes in like a black crow’s wing, swooping over my soul and blocking out the light I can become so discouraged. But Jesus assured us that we gain the victory through trust and praise. The harder it is to see through the darkness the more we absolutely must praise, even if it feels like sitting in the shadows and waiting for the light. Because it will come, in fact it has never left. Because Jesus is the light, and He promised He will never leave us or forsake us.
      Satan is good at two things first; hiding the light so that we cannot see it through our discouragement. And the second; coming as a false angel of light himself, causing us to believe half-truths and falsehoods. These lead us farther and farther away from the one true and loving God.  We begin to make up our own version of God as we would like to see Him. A kind of religious buffet, where we pick and choose what suits us best at the moment. This is idolatry to the very core because we are “creating” our own God.
     How many times have we heard people say, “Well, my God wouldn’t do this or that.”? There must a plumb-line, a true standard by which to judge everything. For me that is the Bible. What do you choose?  Who do you say that Jesus is? You can say anything you want. Millions do. But He said, “I am the Way the Truth and the Life. And no one comes to the Father except by Me.” John 14:6
     So He is either telling the absolute truth or He is a liar. Lots of religions love to say He was just a good teacher, a good man. But that is useless, and in fact contradicts what God’s word says. We cannot sit on the fence. We must decide. Who is He? This is THE most important question in the whole universe. Every soul will be asked this question; “Who do you say that I am?”  And every soul must answer.
     So, as for me, I answered that question in my soul a long time ago. The amazing thing is that even the faith to believe in Him is not from ourselves! He supplies all we need when we ask. So I challenge you; ask Him who He is. Ask Jesus to prove himself to you. See for yourself. Peek into the pages of the Bible with an open heart. He will not let you down, and soon you will know what Charles Spurgeon knew, and what millions of people know who are believers; He really is the Way the Truth and the Life! What an amazing thing to spend time in praise of! What an amazing thing to believe! And what amazing things happen once you do.  Tonya Willman ©2010