Thursday, April 1, 2010

LIWD :: day 38 :: You Must Move In / Hannah Smith


Hannah Smith
Hannah Smith is the author of the popular classic, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, which was published in 1875. Its spiritual secrets of walking with God have been a great source of spiritual strength to many generations....

The search for God finds its greatest hope as we look within, deep into our spirit, where Christ lives. Smith gives us a series of clues for developing our inner life for receiving the "Divine Seed" and preparing our spirit for ultimate union with Christ.

You Must Move In

A large part of the pain of life coms from the haunting "fear of evil" which so often besets us.  Our lives are full of supposes.  Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it?  But, if we are living in the "high tower" of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives.  We shall be"quiet from the fear of evil," for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the "high tower" of God.  even when walking throught he valley of the shadow of death, the psalmist could say, "I will fear no evil"; and, if we are dwelling in God, we can say so too.

But you may ask here how you are to get into this divine dwelling place.  To this I answer that you must simply move in.  If a house should be taken for us by a friend, and we were told it was ready, and that the lease and all the necessary papers were duly attested signed, we should not ask how we could get into it -- we should just pack up and move in.  And we must do the same here.  God says that He is our dwelling place, and the Bible contains all the necessary papers, duly attested and signed.  And our Lord invites us, nay more, commands us to enter in and abide there.  In effect He says, "God is your dwelling place, and you must see to it that you take up your abode there.  You must move in."

"God is your dwelling place, and you must see to it that you take up your abode there.  You must move in."

The opposite of fear is faith.  When you fear the unknown, you are not putting your faith in Christ.  It's easy to say that we trust in God, that we know He has our back, that we believe He will take care of us -- but how often do we try to take things into our own hands?  How often do we get caught up trying to figure things out for ourselves? 

I don't know about you, but this is something I struggle with often.  Maybe it's pride.  Maybe it's my following the ways of the world.  Either way, it's just an excuse.  I know that God is the be all, know all, do all.  I just need to act as such. 

It's scary to put everything into someone elses hands...even when that someone else is God.  Hebrews 11.1 says, "Faith is the evidence of things unseen; the substance of things yet hoped for."  To put your trust in the unknown can be a daunting task, but all things are possible through Christ who loves us.

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