Jan. 7

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

ALWAYS GROWING

   "Thou shalt see greater things than these." John 1:50

   This is spoken to a childlike believer, who was ready to accept Jesus
   as the Son of God, the King of Israel, upon one convincing piece of
   argument. Those who are willing to see shall see: it is because we shut
   our eyes that we become so sadly blind.

   We have seen much already. Great things and unsearchable has the Lord
   showed unto us, for which we praise His name; but there are greater
   truths in His Word, greater depths of experience, greater heights of
   fellowship, greater works of usefulness, greater discoveries of power,
   and love, and wisdom. These we are yet to see if we are willing to
   believe our Lord. The faculty of inventing false doctrine is ruinous,
   but power to see the truth is a blessing. Heaven shall be opened to us,
   the way thither shall be made clear to us in the Son of man, and the
   angelic commerce which goes on between the upper and the lower kingdoms
   shall be made more manifest to us. Let us keep our eyes open toward
   spiritual objects, and expect to see more and more. Let us believe that
   our lives will not drivel down into nothing, but that we shall be
   always on the growing hand, seeing greater and still greater things,
   till we behold the Great God himself, and never again lose the sight of
   Him.