DECEMBER 13 EVENING - Seeing Through Faith's Window | C H Spurgeon | Updated | Daily Devotional | "Be Very Inspired"
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"I will make thy windows of agates." Isaiah 54:12 [KJV]
The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected by heavenly power and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house must not be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there must therefore be windows to let the light in and to allow the inhabitants to gaze outside. These windows are precious as agates: the ways in which the church beholds her Lord and heaven, and spiritual truth in general, are to be had in the highest esteem.
Agates are not the most transparent of gems, they are simply semi-translucent at best:
"My knowledge of that life is small,
the eye of faith is dim." (Richard Baxter)
Faith is one of these precious agate windows, but unfortunately, it is often so misty and clouded that we only see faintly, and distorts much that we do see. Yet if we cannot gaze through windows of diamonds and know even as we are known, (1 Corinthians 13:12) it is a glorious thing to behold the "altogether lovely" One, (Song of Solomon 5:16) even though the glass is as hazy as the agate.
Experience is another of these dim but precious windows, yielding to us a subdued religious light in which we see the sufferings of the "Man of Sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3) through our own afflictions. Our weak eyes could not endure windows of transparent glass to let in the Master's glory, but when our eyes are dimmed with weeping, the beams of the "Sun of Righteousness" (Malachi 4:2) are tempered and shine through the windows of agate with a soft radiance that is inexpressibly soothing to tempted souls.
Sanctification, as it conforms us to our Lord, is another agate window. Only as we become heavenly can we comprehend heavenly things. The pure in heart see a pure God. (Matthew 5:8) Those who are like Jesus see Him as He is. (1 John 3:2) Because we are so little like Him, the window is only agate; because we are somewhat like Him, it is agate.
We thank God for what we have and long for more. When will we see God and Jesus, and heaven and truth, face to face? (1 Corinthians 13:12)
~ Time for Reflection ~
Faith: Our Window to God
Though our view of God may
seem hazy, like looking through
agate windows, let us cherish
faith, experience, and
sanctification. These bring
glimpses of His glory, urging
us to seek Him more deeply.
Amen.
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