February
5, 2003
TAKE
HOLD OF MY STRENGTH! Part II
"Let
him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with
Me; And he shall make peace with Me" (Isaiah 27:5, NKJV).
"God
does not control our minds without our consent; but if we
desire to know and to do His will, His promises are ours:
'You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'
'If anyone willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching'
(John 8:32; 7:17, R.V.). Through faith in these promises,
every man may be delivered from the snares of error and the
control of sin.
"Every
man is free to choose what power he will have rule over him.
None have fallen so low, none are so vile, but that they can
find deliverance in Christ. The demoniac, in place of prayer,
could utter only the words of Satan; yet the heart's unspoken
appeal was heard. No cry from a soul in need, though it fail
of utterance in words, will be unheeded. Those who will consent
to enter into covenant relation with the God of heaven are
not left to the power of Satan or to the infirmity of their
own nature. They are invited by the Saviour, 'Let him take
hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he
shall make peace with Me' (Isaiah 27:5). The Spirits of darkness
will battle for the soul once under their dominion, but angels
of God will contend for that soul with prevailing power."--
The Desire of Ages, pp. 258, 259.
Every
man and woman is free to choose the values that they live
by. Those who have an open mind to consider the evidence that
God has shared with mankind through all time and all Scripture
may come to realize that God is not dead. He is there for
them and always has been.
The human
race has been mislead and blinded by the sophistries of Satan.
However, God has revealed Himself in all of Scripture, in
the life of Jesus and by His providential leading in our lives
even when we are not aware. All Scripture has been given by
the inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16). In the life of Jesus
we behold the nature and
character of God (2 Corinthians 5:19). "I will instruct
you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you
with My eye" (Psalm 32:8).
Would
you like to have strength and peace in your life that surpasses
all understanding? Then take hold of the strength of God and
make peace with Him. For He "will keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever, for in - the Lord, is everlasting
strength" (Isaiah 26:3, 4).
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