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Faith That Discerns
And that word "faith" ought to have another word, too. It will help us to remember just what faith is, in practical effect. Faith is knowing that our Lord Jesus is Victor. That is to say, it is not thinking about how much faith you have. It is thinking about Him. And it is not thinking so much about what He will do. It is thinking most about what He has done. Jesus Christ is Victor. Faith is depending on that, or, better yet, on Him. It is not working up your feelings, and saying, "I must believe"; not that. It is simply fixing my whole thought on Jesus, the Victor. There He is on the throne. That scarred, crowned, enthroned Lord Jesus—I have no doubt about Him. That is faith—looking to Him, resting on what He is, and what he has done.
There's still another simple word to put in here that we may keep things in poise. A "taking" faith is a discerning faith. Those words "obey" and "abide" point to the close touch with the Master that lets us know what His plans are. The daily study of His Word reveals to us His will, and trains us to discern what His particular will is under the circumstance where you must act. Abiding makes us keen to know what we may take. The whole purpose underneath everything is to get His great loving will done. There must be a clear eye before there can be a taking hand.
As I step quietly on, under the gracious guidance of His Spirit, I am to "take" what I will, in His Name—life after life, man after man, gold after gold, strength renewed constantly for new work, anything and everything that is needed, and that should be in His service. And because He is Victor, every hindrance must go, and will go, before the man who presses forward where He leads in His Name.