I Know!

Let us begin this new week with these wonderful words of introduction to the book of II Timothy.  The Apostle Paul is sending greetings "to Timothy, my dearly beloved son".  I love the Apostle's testimony in verse 12 -- "for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day."

What a wonderful verse, and I am sure that our Lord loves for us to have this complete and uttermost confidence in Him -- to trust Him fully at all times and in all circumstances!  The Hand of our wonderful Lord is stretched out to you today -- this Hand with a wound in the palm of it.  Reach out the hand of your faith today, and cling to God's hand, for "without faith it is impossible to please Him."  I like these words by John Oxenham:

     "Not what, but WHOM I do believe! 
That, in my darkest hour of need, hath comfort that no mortal creed
      To mortal man may give.  Not what, but WHOM!
For Christ is more than all the creeds,
      And His full life of gentle deeds shall all the creeds outlive.

      Not what I do believe, but WHOM!  WHO walks beside me in the gloom?
WHO shares the burden wearisome?  WHO all the dim way doth illumine,
      And bids me look beyond the tomb, the larger life to live?
Not what I do believe -- BUT WHOM!"

     "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word;
Just to rest upon His promise; just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord'.
      Jesus,  Jesus,  How I trust Him!  How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!
Jesus,  Jesus,  Precious Jesus!  Oh, for grace to trust Him more."

And don't forget --
       "Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the rest of the way."