12/16/2023 0 Comments Angels hasten to perform his word![]() ![]() ![]() That is something which everybody can see, so why should such remarkable eyes as theirs behold the plain things which ordinary individuals can perceive? They want to see - I scarcely know what they do want to see, except their own foolish dreams, and even those are hidden from them. ![]() Be not anxious to be numbered among those who are so “eclectic” and “cultured” that, if God sets before them the rod of an almond tree, they cannot condescend to notice it. Instead of this, Jeremiah simply sees “a rod of an almond tree ” and, beloved friends, when you look into the Bible, you will see some very simple things there, - such things as save little children’s souls, - such things as men with no education can understand and believe. In this case, the Lord had set before Jeremiah’s eye “a rod of an almond tree.” We might have thought that, as a preparation for his prophetical work, he would have seen mysterious wheels full of eyes, or flaming seraphs and cherubs, or the wonderful creatures that were caused to appear in the dreams of Ezekiel and the revelation to John. It must be clear to your own mind, by the spiritual perception which accompanies true faith, or else you will not be able to say with the psalmist, “I believed, therefore have I spoken.” Let me say over again that sentence which I uttered a minute ago, - the speaker for God must first be a seer in the light of God.Īnd, next, the true speaker for God must see what God sets before him. You must be able to say, concerning the truth, “I see it,” before you can speak it so that your hearers also shall see it. No, my brother, before you can make an impression upon another person’s heart, you must have an impression made upon your own soul. ![]() The preacher had seen nothing and, therefore, when he described what he saw, of course it all amounted to nothing. It was not because they were not able to comprehend quickly when the truth was set forth plainly before them but I fear that it was, in most cases, because there was nothing that they could learn from the minister to whom they had been accustomed to listen. I often meet with persons who have attended the same ministry for years and when I have a-sked them even very simple questions about the things of God, I have found that they do not know anything. Judging by what they preach, their vision must be all in cloudland, where all they see is smoke, and mist, and fog. The question with which God usually begins his conversation with each of his true servants is the one he addressed to Jeremiah, “What seest thou?” I am afraid that there are some ministers, nowadays, who do not see much. Learn that simple lesson well, O you who try to speak for God! You must be seers before you can be speakers. The name for a prophet, in the olden time, was a “seer”, - a man who could see, one who could see with his mind’s eye, one who could also see with spiritual insight, so as vividly to realize the truth which he had to deliver in the name of the Lord. OBSERVE, first, dear friends, that before Jeremiah becomes a speaker for God, he must be a seer. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.” - Jeremiah i. The Lesson of the Almond Tree “Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. ![]()
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