I CAN BUT CHOOSE TO ‘NOT COME DOWN’ (Part 3)

FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:

I CAN BUT CHOOSE TO ‘NOT COME DOWN’ (Part 3)

“Nevertheless we made our PRAYER unto God, and set a WATCH against them DAY AND NIGHT, because of them.” Neh.4:9 KJV.

“We are in constant danger of becoming self-sufficient, relying upon our own wisdom, and not making God our strength. Nothing DISTURBS SATAN SO MUCH as our knowledge of his devices.

“If we feel our dangers, we shall feel the need of PRAYER, as did Nehemiah, and like him we shall obtain the SURE DEFENSE that will give us SECURITY in peril.

“If we are careless and indifferent, we shall be SURELY be overcome by Satan’s devices. We must be VIGILANT. While, like Nehemiah, we resort to PRAYER, taking all our perplexities and burdens to God, we should not feel that we have NOTHING to do. WE ARE TO WATCH AS WELL AS TO PRAY.

“We should WATCH THE WORK OF OUR ADVERSARIES, lest they gain advantage in deceiving souls. We should, in the wisdom of Christ, make efforts to DEFEAT THEIR PURPOSES, while, at the same time, we do not suffer them TO CALL US FROM OUR GREAT WORK. Truth is stronger than error. Righteousness will prevail over wrong.

“The Lord’s people are seeking to HEAL THE BREACH which had been made in the law of God. [Isa. 58: 12-14 quoted. PLS. READ IT FOR YOURSELF!]

“This disturbs the enemies of our faith, and every means is employed to hinder the work. AND YET THE BROKEN DOWN WALL IS GOING STEADILY UP. The world is being warned, and many are turning away from trampling under their feet the Sabbath of Jehovah [in contrast to the idol Sabbath of the “man of sin”].

God is in this work, and man cannot stop it. ANGELS of God are working with the efforts of His FAITHFUL SERVANTS, and the work steadily advances. We shall meet with OPPOSITION OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, as did the builders of the walls of Jerusalem, but if we WATCH and PRAY and WORK, as they did, GOD WILL FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR US AND GIVE US PRECIOUS VICTORIES.” – Vol. 3 Testimonies, p. 573.

Remember this promise of God to fight our battles for us: IF we know what our specific work and message is, then watch, pray, and work at it day and night by God’s enabling, empowering grace.

(To be continued) Bless all, NMF