Ever Look For New Revelation
You remember how John Bunyan describes this darkness of understanding and closing of the mind: “Diabolus thought not fit to let My Lord Understanding abide in his former luster and glory, because he was a seeing man. Wherefore he darkened it, not only by taking from him his office and power, but by building a high and strong tower just between the sun’s reflections and the windows of My Lord’s palace; by which means his house and all, and the whole of his habitation, were made as dark as darkness itself. And thus, being alienated from the light, he became as one that was born blind.” All of which means that darkness and disease are in deep and intimate partnership—”Darkness hath blinded their eyes.”
If we would preserve our sight, and be saved from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, we must keep a ready mind, a mind that is open toward the divine, ever expectant of new outpourings of the light of life. Our Master has yet many things to say unto us. When will the new revelation break? We do not know. How will the new light come? We cannot tell. Perhaps it will come through the winsome presence of a little child. Perhaps it will break upon us from the weakness and frailties of an old man. Perhaps it may come from a quarter that we have almost despised. The revelation may be enshrined in the speech of the foolish. It may dawn upon us in the mysterious presence of death. It may stream from an open grave. Let us cultivate a ready mind. Let us have all the watchfulness of love. Let us love His appearing.
—J. H. Jowett.
The Path To Happiness
The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
—William Cowper.
Alternate Reading: John 8:12-20.