"And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither."—Revelation 11:12.
WITHOUT considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them D as the invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard "a great voice from heaven" to every believer, saying, "Come up hither."
This should be to the saints the subject of joyful anticipation. Instead of dreading the time when we shall leave this world to go unto the Father, we should be panting for the hour of our emancipation. Our song should be—
And ill can brook delay;
Each moment listening for the voice,
'Rise up and come away.'"
We are not called down to the grave, but up to the skies. Our heaven-born spirits should long for their native air. Yet should the celestial summons be the object of patient waiting.
Our God knows best when to bid us "Come up thither."
We must not wish to antedate the period of our departure.
I know that strong love will make us cry,
And land us all in heaven;"
but patience must have her perfect work.
God ordains with accurate wisdom the most fitting time for the redeemed to abide below. Surely, if there could be regrets in heaven, the saints might mourn that they
did not live longer here to do more good.
Oh, for more sheaves for my Lord's garner! more jewels for His crown! But how, unless there be more work? True, there is the other side of it, that, living so briefly, our sins are the fewer; but oh! when we are fully serving God, and He is giving us to scatter precious seed, and reap a hundredfold, we would even say it is well for us to abide where we are.
Whether our Master shall say "go," or "stay," let us be equally well pleased so long as
He indulges us with His presence.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Copyright Statement, This resource was produced before 1923 ,
and therefore is considered in the "Public Domain".
IF YOU ENJOY THIS BLOG ?..
I invite You to visit my others blogs, just copy the link and put it in to your browser or
highlight it and do a right click to go the the address ( clicking is not working sorry).. TRANSLATORS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY LANGUAGE.. TRADUCTORES AL ESPAÑOL O CUALQUIER OTRO LENGUAJE... ENGLISH: http://ambassadorforjesus.blogspot.com/
http://jesusmightywarrior.blogspot.com/
SPANISH:
http://poderosoguerrerodejesus.blogspot..
Please share with your family and friends using small envelope (E-mail)
next to a pencil, under my name at the bottom of post ...
***MAY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU AND
GOD BLESS YOUR DAY !!!
Copyright Policy:
We respect copyright laws and are committed to remove any copyright infringing material from our website. If you find any content on our website which infringes your copyrighted work, please contact us, we’ll be happy to verify and remove such content. Please do provide us the following details: 1) Your name, E-mail Address. 2) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on your website. 3) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on our website.
