"Truth upon truth, glory upon glory"

Isaiah 28:9-10 says: “Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.”

Ephesians 2:18-22: “For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”

Thus does the Lord build His temple…and we are His temple. “Truth upon truth, glory upon glory” as Corrie wrote. “Precept upon precept, line upon line”, as Isaiah wrote. This is how God builds.

Corrie saw it so clearly.

But we should be seeing this in our lives as well. Perhaps we get impatient with the building process, but God knows when and where to place the next stone in this building. And what He builds no man can tear down.

Did I mention that Corrie was in her fifties and Betsie in her sixties when they were at Ravensbruck, going through all that they did? Two elderly spinster sisters. Yet, even at that age, look how much Corrie grew in faith and in the Lord. As long as we draw breath, the Lord works in us. He is not limited by any of our physical encumbrances of age or disability. I thank God for that!

But it is now, when we are not in desperate times as were Corrie and Betsie, that we must begin to have “confidence” in the Word of God. And one of the most precious promises that I have confidence in is:

Romans 8:28-31 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified. What shall we say then to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”

Betsie and Corrie hardly knew what to do in their situation. It was so unique to anything they had ever experienced! So they just turned to God. And He did all that He had promised to do: He made all things work together for good to them; He caused them to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ; He called them, justified them, and glorified them. He did it all. All they had to do was turn to Him!

Same goes for us. Even now, in these not-so-good times. In preparation for any very terrible times that might come our way, either individually or as a country. So that we can be as victorious as Corrie and Betsie. What a joy to have such rest in the promises of God…joy that increases with each truth upon truth and each glory upon glory!

[This blog is an ongoing study of the lives and the faith of Christian women who have experienced and demonstrated victorious living through Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The current study is about Corrie ten Boom which began on September 21, 2009.]