GOD HAS His tomorrow, and Satan has his. The one is a bright, eternal reality, while the other is but a delusive “Will o’ the Wisp.” As one pursues a phantom, on and on, with hope never realized, so Satan leads the unsaved, the unwary soul step by step, quieting conscience’ with the deadly opiate, “Time enough yet” — “tomorrow will, do” — until the poor victim is locked up in the impenetrable night of sorrow never, to be released. But God’s tomorrow is a, fixed, abiding certainty. It ushers in an eternity of glory for him who takes God at His word.
For Israel, it was on the, morrow that the wonders of the Lord were to be seen, that day they must sanctify themselves, and thus make ready, for the glorious sight that was to greet their eyes on the next.
Now let those who have turned away from Satan’s false and delusive whispers, and who are relying upon the blessed truth of God’s word, seek to gather up some lessons from this portion.
Today — now — is the time to sanctify yourselves. Let the truth of God have its power and its place in your lives. “Sanctify them through Thy truth, Thy word is truth.” This is your responsibility; this will be your preparation.
Tomorrow — oh, God’s bright tomorrow! Who can measure its wonders and its delights! Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, and it has not entered into the heart of man to conceive; the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. God, by His Spirit, has given His own a foretaste of the coming joys; but their fulness, who can tell?
Let me ask you, my reader, has the word of God power over your life? If not, you are amongst the number who hear and do not, and the Lord likens you to one who builds his house upon the shifting sands. For all such the fall must one day come — and who can tell the horrors of it! “Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die.”
Messages of God’s Love 7/16/1905