0188. Moses Looked

Moses Looked

"For he had respect (Greek, "was looking") unto the recompense of the reward" (Heb_11:26, l. c.).

Moses "refused" and "chose" and "esteemed" because he was "looking" far ahead. It was not only the suffering that Moses saw, he saw the glory of another day. He looked beyond the earth and its sufferings, into Heaven and its rewards.

Some one might argue that a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush, but that depends. If the two in the bush are a certainty, why not let go the one in hand?

Illustration: A little child had put its hand down into a bottle and was crying because he couldn’t get it out. His mother said: "Darling, your fist is all doubled up; open up your fingers and you can take out your hand." "But, mamma," said the little tot, "if I open my fingers, I’ll drop my penny."

Who is there who wouldn’t drop the treasures of Egypt for the treasures of God?

Is is better to set one’s affections upon the things which are beneath the earth or upon the things which are above? Is it better to lay up treasures on earth, or to lay them up in Heaven? Is it better to look at the things which are seen, or at the things which are not seen?

The great need of the day is a vision of the things to come. We need to have before us the realities of the Second Coming of Christ, the certainties of the glories that await us.

Moses saw the recompense of the reward. The Second Coming of Christ brings that reward. "Behold, I come quickly and My reward is with Me to give to every man as his work shall be."

Christ endured the Cross, despising the shame, because of the joy that was set before Him; Moses suffered the reproach of Christ for the joy that was set before him.

The Holy Spirit teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts (that is what Moses did), and to live soberly, righteously and Godly, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing, (that is what Moses did).

Satan would blind our eyes to the Gospel of the glory of Christ. He would hide from us a vision of coming things and disclaim "the recompense of the reward." But let us have enlightened eyes.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR