To Enlighten My Understanding

[Thompson, Darryl]

To Enlighten My Understanding

     The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what
is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints. Eph. 1:17, 18  

     For the mind renewed by the Holy Spirit, divine beauty and
celestial light shine from the sacred page. That which is to the earthly
mind a desolate wilderness, to the spiritual mind becomes a land of
living streams.  

     The Holy Spirit alone can cause us to feel the importance of those
things easy to be understood, or prevent us from wresting truths
difficult of comprehension. It is the office of heavenly angels to
prepare the heart so to comprehend God's Word that we shall be charmed
with its beauty, admonished by its warnings, or animated and
strengthened by its promises. We should make the psalmist's petition our
own, "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy
law."  

     God's holy, educating Spirit is in His Word. A light, a new and
precious light, shines forth from every page. Truth is there revealed,
and words and sentences are made bright and appropriate for the
occasion, as the voice of God speaking to them.  

     We need to recognize the Holy Spirit as our enlightener. That
Spirit loves to address the children, and discover to them the treasures
and beauties of the Word. The promises spoken by our Great Teacher will
captivate the senses and animate the soul of the child with a spiritual
power that is divine. There will grow in the receptive mind a
familiarity with divine things which will be as a barricade against the
temptations of the enemy. . . . The sparks of heavenly love will fall
upon the hearts of the children as an inspiration. 

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