Living In The Light

December 2, A Refuge For The Waiting

“Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ ”
—Isaiah 58:9 LL 354.1

The church is established, not on theories of men, not on long-drawn-out plans and forms. It is built on the Rock Christ Jesus, “and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” This is the Rock upon which the church may build successfully. It is the living presence of God. . . . LL 354.2

The Lord would have all come to Him as their refuge. He would have them come to Him for counsel and instruction, for comfort and for hope, in all their anxieties. To Him you may tell all your griefs. You will never be told, “I cannot help you.” To Him all your troubles are worthy of consideration. You may have His help under every difficulty. You may, I may, the weakest one in all the ranks of believers may, trust in a loving, pitiful, faithful High Priest, who is touched with the feelings of our infirmities. He keeps us safe from Satan’s power even while we are full of perplexities, discouragements, and trials. Every believer is to keep looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of his faith. All who will do this, will work calmly and quietly, as if in view of the whole heavenly universe. They will trust to no person’s opinion of their virtues, but feeling an individual responsibility resting upon them in temporal and eternal things, they will put their trust in God. LL 354.3

“Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.” “Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage ofJacob thy father, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”—Signs of the Times, October 7, 1897. LL 354.4

Further Reflection: as you await christ’s return, god longs to be your refuge and help.> LL 354.5