“I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the lowest part of the earth” (Psa 139:15).
God still wants to make true saints in secret. One day it is going to be a real surprise and shock to everyone to see some whom the world thought to be great saints in the pit of hell, and some others who were despised and rejected by the world as the finest saints in eternity.
God wants His saints to live hidden in Christ – “your life is hid with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). All the glorious blessings of Psalm 91 are only for those who “dwell in the secret place of the most High”. Saints who live in the secret place of the most High will renounce secret sins. O, what a blessed thing it is to live a hidden life in Christ leaving the glamour and glories of this sinful world!
The Amplified Bible says, “intricately and curiously wrought (as if embroidered with various colours) in the depths of the earth [region of darkness and mystery].” If God has planned to make you a great saint with various beautiful colours or perfections, He may take you through ‘the lowest parts of the earth’ or utter humiliating situations, like the ones Jesus Himself had to go through. The Lord may also take you through such dark regions or periods that at least for some time things may appear a mystery to you. All these are foundations of the mansions of glory.“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires” (Isa 54:11).
By the grace of God, after we have gone through all the dark and humiliating paths, being hidden in Him, finally we will be able to exclaim, “I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well!” (Psa 139:14).
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
God wants His saints to live hidden in Christ – “your life is hid with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). All the glorious blessings of Psalm 91 are only for those who “dwell in the secret place of the most High”. Saints who live in the secret place of the most High will renounce secret sins. O, what a blessed thing it is to live a hidden life in Christ leaving the glamour and glories of this sinful world!
The Amplified Bible says, “intricately and curiously wrought (as if embroidered with various colours) in the depths of the earth [region of darkness and mystery].” If God has planned to make you a great saint with various beautiful colours or perfections, He may take you through ‘the lowest parts of the earth’ or utter humiliating situations, like the ones Jesus Himself had to go through. The Lord may also take you through such dark regions or periods that at least for some time things may appear a mystery to you. All these are foundations of the mansions of glory.“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires” (Isa 54:11).
By the grace of God, after we have gone through all the dark and humiliating paths, being hidden in Him, finally we will be able to exclaim, “I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well!” (Psa 139:14).
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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