OUR AGREEMENT

saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen."  (Revelation 7:12 NKJV)

Amen means, "So be it or certainly." It is the word constantly translated in the gospels by "verily." It contains the agreement of the heart and the response of the life. Amen means that you appropriate each word that is spoken, that your heart says yes to it and stamps it with the seal of its agreement. Let your life say "Amen" to God, "Amen" to providence, "Amen" to redemption, "Amen" to the song of heaven.

When tried and perplexed with the troubles and problems of life, turn from these, which make the brain dizzy and the heart sick and consider the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, "Our Father", from whom every ray of love in the universe has emanated; and remember that nothing can be permitted or devised by Him which is not consistent with the gentlest and truest dealings that an earthly father could give out to his child. So shall you be able to say: "Amen, Lord."

We mustn’t dwell upon the dark and perplexing questions that seethe and boil around us. We must look up to the blue sky of undimmed sunshine, our Father's heart. He must be love, beyond our deepest, tenderest, highest conceptions of what love is. In His dealings with us, and with all men, love is the essence and law of His nature. In proportion as you humbly believe in the Father, you will be able to say "Yes," which is a true rendering of the Greek word in our version, translated "Even so"   (Matthew 11:26). .

Our Lord was able to say, not only "Even so, Father"; but, "I thank Thee," and there shall come a day when the four and twenty elders, perhaps representing the redeemed Church, shall see the judgment of her great opponent, and say, "Amen, Hallelujah!" (Revelation 19:4). Here we can say "Amen," and not often "Hallelujah"; there the two, the agreement and the consent; the acquiescence and the acclaim; the submission to the will of God, and the triumphant outburst of praise and adoration. Let us anticipate that time when we shall know as we are known; when we shall be perfectly satisfied, perfectly jubilant, perfectly blessed; when every shadow of misunderstanding and misapprehension shall be dispelled, and we shall join in the hymn of the redeemed Church: "Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are Thy ways, Thou King of the Ages."

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, there are many things we dread, but we are enclosed in You; they cannot touch us except by Your permission, and if You permit things that seem evil to enter our life, it must be well. Make us believe that all things are working together for good. In Jesus’ name I pray it, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #130:
You can do all things through Jesus Christ who gives you strength.

Philippians 4:13 (WEB)
I can do all things through Christ,
who strengthens me.