0190. Moses Endured

Moses Endured

"For he endured, as seeing Him Who is invisible" (Heb_11:27, l. c.).

There never came a time in the life of Moses when he regretted his decision. He made his decision and then pressed on in his way. There came days of trial, when his heart was hard pressed, and when, with plaintive voice, he cried unto God:–"I am not able to bear this people alone;" but he never turned back.

Paul too, said: "Having obtained help of God, I have continued unto this day."

But, there was a special reason for Moses’ endurance. He "endured as seeing Him Who is invisible." He had One at his side who gave him grace for every time of need.

There is a special sense in which Christ is with us, today. His, "Lo I am with you, even unto the end of the age," is very precious. It is true, too, that the saints of old had visions of Christ.

David said: "I have set the Lord always before my face." Daniel wrote: "The people who do know their God shall be strong and do exploits."

Illustration: A girl of the world, suddenly changed her whole way of living. From a society belle, given wholly to pleasures, she became one of the most faithful followers of Christ. Some thought she must have been disappointed in love; some imagined a great sorrow had come into her life. To those who questioned her, she replied that the reason she had become so changed, was explained by the locket she wore around her neck. After years of true, Christian service, when she was dead, a loved one quietly opened the locket to get the girl’s secret. In the locket was found a crumpled piece of paper, and on the paper were printed the words: "Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory."

We, too, should run our race "looking unto Jesus." No wonder Paul wrote: "There stood by me this night, the angel of the Lord, Whose I am and Whom I serve." Only as we walk and as we talk with Jesus Christ will we endure. Peter walked the water while his eyes were on Christ! but Peter began to sink when he looked away and saw "the winds and the waves boisterous." We are not discussing our salvation, but our faithfulness in following Christ–and, to be faithful we must see Him, Who is invisible.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR