May 19 Daily Devotional

He never leaves anything incomplete!

What then is the cure? What is the right way? It is to be honest and to answer our Lord's question truthfully and honestly.... He turned to this man (Matthew 8:22-26) and asked, "Do you see aught?" And the man said, absolutely honestly, "I do see, but I am seeing men as if they were trees walking." What saved this man was his absolute honesty.

Now ... where do we stand? What exactly do we see? Have we got things clearly? Are we happy? Do we really see? We either do or we do not, and we must know exactly where we are. Do we know God? Do we know Jesus Christ? Not only as our Savior, but do we know Him? Are we "rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of glory"? That is the New Testament Christian. Do we see? Let us be honest....

What then? Well, the last step is to submit yourself to Him, to submit yourself utterly to Him, as this man did. He did not object to further treatment; he rejoiced in it, and I believe that if our Lord had not taken the further step he would have asked Him to do so. And you can do the same.

Come to the Word of God.... Say "I want the truth whatever it costs me"; ... plead with Him to give you clear sight, perfect vision, and to make you whole.... I promise you in His Blessed Name that He will do it. He never leaves anything incomplete.... This man was healed and restored and "saw every man clearly."

The Christian position is a clear position. We are not meant to be left in a state of doubt and misgiving, of uncertainty and unhappiness. ... He came that we might see clearly, that we might know God. He came to give eternal life, and "This is eternal life, that they may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." ...

He is pledged to do it, and He will do it; and you will no longer be an uncertain Christian seeing and not seeing. You will be able to say, "I see, I see in Him all I need and more; and I know that I belong to Him."

Spiritual Depression, pp. 47-8

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“Text reproduced from ‘A First Book of Daily Readings’ by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, published by Epworth Press 1970 & 1977 © Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Used with permission.”

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