The Cornerstone Baptist Church
Cornerstone Baptist Church
of Massillon, Ohio
The Cornerstone Baptist Church |
Independent
Fundamental Cornerstone Baptist Church of Massillon, Ohio |
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Daily Devotion |
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January 29, 2007
Daily Reading: Exodus 35:1-37:29
Quick Study: Exodus 25:1-28:43
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but
the things which are not seen are eternal.
In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be
looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.
Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring
of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye
of faith. Looking into the future we see sin cast out, the body of sin
and death destroyed, the soul made perfect, and fit to be a partaker of
the inheritance of the saints in light. Looking further yet, the
believer's enlightened eye can see death's river passed, the gloomy
stream forded, and the hills of light attained on which standeth the
celestial city; he seeth himself enter within the pearly gates, hailed
as more than conqueror, crowned by the hand of Christ, embraced in the
arms of Jesus, glorified with him, and made to sit together with him on
his throne, even as he has overcome and has sat down with the Father on
his throne. The thought of this future may well relieve the darkness of
the past and the gloom of the present. The joys of heaven will surely
compensate for the sorrows of earth. Hush, my fears! this world is but
a narrow span, and thou shalt soon have passed it. Hush, hush, my
doubts! death is but a narrow stream, and thou shalt soon have forded
it. Time, how short--eternity, how long! Death, how brief--immortality,
how endless! Methinks I even now eat of Eshcol's clusters, and sip of
the well which is within the gate. The road is so, so short! I shall
soon be there. |
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