[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0501":3},"MAY 1\r\nGod that cannot lie promised (Titus 1:2).\r\nFaith is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that\r\nsomething is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact   that God has said that this thing shall come to pass, and that it\r\nis true, and then rejoicing to know that it is true, and just resting because God has said it.\r\nFaith turns the promise into a prophecy. While it is merely a\r\npromise it is contingent upon our cooperation. But when faith\r\nclaims it it becomes a prophecy, and we go forth feeling that it is something that must be done because God cannot be.\r\n--Days of Heaven upon Earth.\r\n\r\nI hear men praying everywhere for more faith, but when I listen to them carefully, and get at the real heart of their prayer, very\r\noften it is not more faith at all that they are wanting, but a change from faith to sight\r\nFaith says not, \"I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it\" but, \"God sent it and so it must be good for me.\"\r\nFaith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely. --Phillips Brooks.\r\nThe Shepherd does not ask of thee\r\nFaith in thy faith, but only faith in Him;\r\nAnd this He meant in saying, \"Come to me.\" In light or darkness seek to do His will,\r\nAnd leave the work of faith to Jesus still.",1783499792982]