WONDROUS
THINGS.
BY ABBIE I. MILLS.
“Open Thou, mine
eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.”
How appropriate this
prayer! The plan of salvation is so full of wonders, that were it not for our
blindness of heart, we would be constantly filled with wonder, love and praise.
Under the Spirit’s operation, the range of vision is constantly increasing. We
reach no mountain where we shall not hear the command “Go forward,” with the
assurance that we have encamped there already long enough.
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The written Word
declares that Jesus “is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God
by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” This “uttermost”
many think they have reached when sin is forgiven, and the new song of praise
wells up from heart to lip. General assent to the fact that Jesus was able to
save had long been given, but the plague of their heart seemed so great, could
He, would He, save them? That uttermost was where faith took hold, and
salvation came.
A great
salvation, but what a mine of wonders it contains yet unexplored. The light
shed abroad in the heart reveals the need of the cleansing that reaches all the
springs of action.
Will this
salvation sweeten all the bitter waters of the affections, the desires of the
flesh, its appetites and activities? Again, that word, “uttermost,” reveals the
fact that provision has been made for a state of soul, where all is joy, and
prayer, and praise, because the soul is “dead indeed unto sin,” but “alive unto
God,” through the righteousness of Christ. The rest of faith found, more of God
is seen from day to day. That he is really in everything is not fully
comprehended by many who have consecrated all to Him. But, more and more, they
are led to see this wonder, and to rejoice in the rest it brings.
But the souls
thus taught of God, dwells still in a body, which shows lamentably the effects of
sin. Praise is hindered by the sigh of pain. The works of the enemy are seen in
all sorts of abnormal bodily conditions. Skilled physicians are thwarted, and
disease fills days and nights with weariness and woe, and the tongue cannot
speak the praises of the Saviour.
Is there no
power, in this, so great salvation, to reach and heal the body? “He is able to
save with the uttermost, seeing he ever liveth.” While H\e walked on earth,
disease fled at His touch. Death could not hold Him. Watching over those He
died to save, He ever liveth, to give
abundant life to those who believe. This uttermost relation does not stop short
of the fleshly temples that surround the sons of God on earth. He is able to
heal now. His unchangeable love and compassion make Him still willing, and
faith says, “He doeth it,” for it sees this included in the “whatsoever” things
that prayer breathes forth in Jesus’ name.
And, thanks be
unto God, the faith that staggers not at God’s promise, is followed by facts,
that show to an unbelieving multitude of Thomas-like disciples that the body,
as well as the soul, is still within the scope of the “Exceeding great and
precious promises.” Wonderous things are ready for those who have open eyes, to
behold. Let the prayer, then, go on, “Open thou mine eyes,” lest the wondrous
experiences of God’s power and love that might have been ours, lie, like the hidden gold in the mine, gold still, but
of no use to us, because not sought with a faith that defiles all obstacles
while in search of the coveted treasure.
