Let Nothing Move You

Let Nothing Move You
"Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labors are not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:58

The "Keswick Message" has been burning into my heart and mind these past weeks of our summer season. It is a message that runs counter-culture to what we have heard for so many years, and yet one that we need to hear.

Hannah Whitall Smith, a popular speaker in the early days of the Keswick movement, penned these words about being IMMOVABLE in our Christian life:

"Let nothing shake your faith. If sin overtakes you, do not let it make you doubt. Immediately upon the discovery of any sin, take 1 John 1:9 and act on it. Agree with him and call it what it is - sin! Then believe that God has already forgiven you at the Cross, and as He promised - you were cleansed from all unrighteousness.

No sin, however grievous, can separate you from God for one moment after it has been treated this way. To allow sin to cause your faith to waver is only to add a new sin to the one already committed. Return at once and let your faith hold steadfastly to His Word.

Believe it, not because you feel it or see it, but because He says it.
Believe it, even when it seems to you that you are believing a lie.
Believe it actively and steadfastly, through dark and through light, through ups and downs, through times of comfort and times of despair. If you do, your wavering experience will end.

To be immovable in one's faith is the opposite of wavering. In Psalm 46 we can see what it means ... "The earth may be removed, and the mountains may be carried into the midst of the sea, and our whole universe may seem to be in ruins. But while we trust in the Lord, we shall not be moved!

The man who wavers in his faith is upset by the smallest troubles: The man who is steadfast in his faith can look calmly at the ruin of all his universe.

To be immovable in one's Christian life is a blessing to be strongly desired. It may be ours, it we will only hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end."

My prayer for you today is the words of Paul: "Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, KNOWING that your labors are not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:58

Great quote: Faith is to believe on the Word of God what we do not see, and its reward is to see and enjoy what we believe. Augustine

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