Day 262: "Behold Him"
Read: Luke 24:13 - 16
"The disciples ought to have known Jesus, they had heard His voice so very often, and gazed upon that marred face so frequently, that it is wonderful they
did not discover Him. Yet is it not so with you also? You have not seen
Jesus lately. You have been to His table, and you have not met Him
there. You are in a dark trouble this evening, and though He plainly says, "It is I, be not afraid," yet you cannot discern Him.
Alas! Our eyes are holden. We know His voice; we have looked into His
face; we have leaned our head upon His bosom, and yet, though Christ is
very near us, we are saying "Oh that I knew where I might find Him!" We
should know Jesus, for we have the Scripture to reflect His image, and
yet how possible it is for us to open that precious book and have no glimpse of the Well-beloved!
Dear child of God, are you in that state? Jesus feeds among the lilies of the Word, and you walk among those lilies, and yet you behold Him not ... And why do
we not see Him? It must be ascribed in our case, as in the disciples',
to unbelief. They evidently did not expect to see Jesus, and therefore
they did not know Him.
To a great extent in spiritual things we
get what we expect of the Lord. Faith alone can bring us to see Jesus.
Make it your prayer, "Lord, open my eyes, that I may see my Savior
present with me." It is a blessed thing to want to see Him; but Oh! it
is better by far to gaze upon Him. To those who seek Him He is kind; but
to those who find Him, beyond expression is He dear!"
A Classic Devotion by The Reverend Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Let Us Pray: Father, keep my eyes open and my faith strong to always see Jesus.
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Read: Luke 24:13 - 16
"The disciples ought to have known Jesus, they had heard His voice so very often, and gazed upon that marred face so frequently, that it is wonderful they did not discover Him. Yet is it not so with you also? You have not seen Jesus lately. You have been to His table, and you have not met Him there. You are in a dark trouble this evening, and though He plainly says, "It is I, be not afraid," yet you cannot discern Him.
Alas! Our eyes are holden. We know His voice; we have looked into His face; we have leaned our head upon His bosom, and yet, though Christ is very near us, we are saying "Oh that I knew where I might find Him!" We should know Jesus, for we have the Scripture to reflect His image, and yet how possible it is for us to open that precious book and have no glimpse of the Well-beloved!
Dear child of God, are you in that state? Jesus feeds among the lilies of the Word, and you walk among those lilies, and yet you behold Him not ... And why do we not see Him? It must be ascribed in our case, as in the disciples', to unbelief. They evidently did not expect to see Jesus, and therefore they did not know Him.
To a great extent in spiritual things we get what we expect of the Lord. Faith alone can bring us to see Jesus. Make it your prayer, "Lord, open my eyes, that I may see my Savior present with me." It is a blessed thing to want to see Him; but Oh! it is better by far to gaze upon Him. To those who seek Him He is kind; but to those who find Him, beyond expression is He dear!"
A Classic Devotion by The Reverend Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Let Us Pray: Father, keep my eyes open and my faith strong to always see Jesus.
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