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Waiting and Watching

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of
reward. Heb. 10:35.

Jesus is soon coming, and our position should be that of waiting and
watching for His appearing. We should not allow anything to come in between
us and Jesus. We must learn here to sing the song of heaven, so that when
our warfare is over we can join in the song of the heavenly angels in the
city of God. What is that song? It is praise, and honor, and glory unto Him
that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. We shall
meet opposition; we shall be hated of all men for Christ's sake, and by
Satan, because he knows that there is with the followers of Christ a divine
power, which will undermine his influence. We cannot escape reproach. . . .

We should not allow our time to be so occupied with things of a temporal
nature, or even with matters pertaining to the cause of God, that we shall
pass on day after day without pressing close to the bleeding side of Jesus.
We want to commune with Him daily. We are exhorted to fight the good fight
of faith. It will be a hard battle to maintain a life of earnest faith; but
if we cast ourselves wholly upon Christ, with a settled determination to
cleave only to Him, we shall be able to repulse the enemy, and gain a
glorious victory. The apostle Paul exhorts us, "Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great recompence of reward." Again he says, "Now the
just shall live by faith." . . .

When we feel the least inclined to commune with Jesus, let us pray the most.
By so doing we shall break Satan's snare, the clouds of darkness will
disappear, and we shall realize the sweet presence of Jesus (Historical
Sketches, pp. 145, 146).

Christians may have the joy of communion with Christ; they may have the
light of His love, the perpetual comfort of His presence. Every step in life
may bring us closer to Jesus, may give us a deeper experience of His love,
and may bring us one step nearer to the blessed home of peace. Then let us
not cast away our confidence, but have firm assurance, firmer than ever
before. "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us," and He will help us to the end.
Let us look to the monumental pillars, reminders of what the Lord has done
to comfort us and save us from the hand of the destroyer. Let us keep fresh
in our memory all the tender mercies that God has shown us--the tears He has
wiped away, the pains He has soothed, the anxieties removed, the fears
dispelled, the wants supplied, the blessings bestowed--thus strengthening
ourselves for all that is before us (Steps to Christ, p. 125).

So surely as there never was a time when God was not, so surely there never
was a moment when it was not the delight of the eternal mind to manifest His
grace to humanity (The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol.
7, p. 934).

>From Lift Him Up - Page 372

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