My Journey 9/8/2010

God's insight to me:

Another day, another good devotional by J. C. Philpot. As I read this devotional the Lord blessed me with the poem "Eyes Of Faith". Our eyes of the soul are so needed to understand exactly what He has endured for us. If we look with our worldly eyes we can see only what He has blessed us with here on earth. It is with our worldly eyes that we see our family, friends and what ever possessions He has allowed us to obtain. But it is through these "eyes of faith" that we may get a glimpse of Him. As I was reading Mr. Philpot's description of Christ's sufferings this verse came to mind, Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do... See, when He was on the cross, we were on His mind! Click here to listen to that song.

Eyes Of Faith

Looking through these eyes of faith,
I envisioned my Savior's face.
It was strong, loving and complete,
the perfect picture of His grace.

It was outlined with compassion,
and patience was seen there too.
The same compassion shown on the cross
and the patience He has waiting for me and you.

These eyes of faith must stay strong
as I go throughout my day.
They must constantly be looking at the Lord,
for there truly is no other way.

I know that one day theses eyes of faith,
will finally see and understand,
the unwavering love God has for us,
ever since He created man.


E. P. Shagott
9/8/2010

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott

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9/8

Daily Portions
A devotional by J. C. Philpot


"For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." Hebrews 2:10

When, with believing eyes, we can view God the Son as the eternal salvation of all whom the Father gave unto him; when we can see him, by the eye of faith, coming down into this lower world, taking our nature into union with his own Divine Person; when, by faith, we can accompany the Man of Sorrows into the gloomy garden of Gethsemane, or behold him groaning, bleeding, and dying on the cross, an object of ignominy and shame, and believe that in this way, and this alone, salvation could be wrought out, O, what a view it gives us of the demerit and awful nature of sin, that nothing short of the incarnation of God's only begotten Son, nothing short of such a tremendous sacrifice could put away sin, and bring the elect back unto God! On the one hand, as we take a glance at the suffering and dying Lamb of God, how it shews us the awful and abominable nature of sin; and, on the other hand, when we can see by the eye of faith what that work is, by whom that work was wrought out, and how glorious and efficacious that work must be which the Son of God, equal with the Father in glory and majesty, undertook and went through to the uttermost,--how it exalts salvation in our eyes! Thus a believing sight of the Lord Jesus hanging upon Calvary's tree, not only, on the one hand, shews us the awful nature of sin, but, on the other, how full, how complete, how glorious, and how effectual must that salvation be, of which the expiring Son of God could say, "It is finished!"