God, who… made His light shine in our
hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6
We stand by
revelation, "God who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." "God...
called me through grace to reveal His Son in me." - Gal. 1:16. How are we
going to be made to stand, to be established? How is this endurance going to be
put in us? By knowing the Lord Jesus in this inward way, by revelation. The
people who are going to stand are those in whom this thing has become a living
revelation; "God hath shined in our hearts," this is one side. The
other is, "pressed on every side, perplexed, pursued, smitten down... yet
not unto despair" - 2 Cor. 4:6-10. We are troubled and pressed down...
why? "That the LIFE of JESUS might be made manifest in our mortal
bodies" - 2 Cor. 4:11.
Is not that endurance?
Pressed on every side yet not strangled! "In pressure Thou hast enlarged
me" - Ps. 4:1. What was meant to be "pressed down," God has made
for enlargement. Cast down, yet a wonderful rising up. Why? How? It is
"God who hath shined in our hearts... in the face of Jesus Christ," therefore
you can go through and survive. Nothing can carry us through but the revelation
of the Lord Jesus by the Holy Spirit in our hearts; an inside knowledge of Him
- not mental assent to a creed or a doctrine, but a living, vital reality in
our very being.
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