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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
All things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23.
Faith is the most essential part, the eye and the very light of the eye in the Christian religion; the whole turns upon that. As our faith is, so is our strength and faithfulness in good works. But at the same time there is nothing more out of our power than to believe, even after the work of grace has been actually wrought in our hearts. Therefore nothing more needful than to pray for faith as long as we live. May the Lord give and increase it continually!
Nothing can be stronger in the universe than the hand of faith. By this we lay sure hold on our most glorious and almighty Lord in heaven, and such an inviolable union is established between Christ and a believing soul, that none can separate the one from the other, all the powers of hell and sin avail nothing against it. Faith breaks through the greatest obstacles, removes mountains of difficulties, and has, as it were a kind of omnipotence in it. For this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4. Nay, it even wrestles with God and prevails. Genesis 32:28. A straw cannot withstand the force of fire, so God being a wall of fire around his people, the greatest power of our mighty enemies shall be consumed, like the stubble.
O! then look upon him steadfastly, my soul, and believe in him with a simple heart. Wondrous are his ways with his people, and past finding out; but at last all their sorrows and strife, by the management of his infinite wisdom, must come to a glorious and triumphant end.
