My Utmost for His Highest - April 9th - Have I Seen Him?

After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country. - Mark 16:12

     Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many are partakers of God's grace who have never seen Jesus. When once you have seen Jesus, you can never be the same, other things do not appeal as they used to do.

     Always distinguish between what you see Jesus to be, and what He has done for you. If you only know what He has done for you, you have not a big enough God; but if you have had a vision of Jesus as He is, experiences can come and go, you will endure "as seeing Him Who is invisible. (Hebrews 11:27)" The man blind from his birth did not know Who Jesus was until He appeared and revealed Himself to him (see John 9). Jesus appears to those for who He has done something; but we cannot dictate when He will come. Suddenly at any turn He may come. "Now I See Him! (see John 9:25)"

     Jesus must appear to your friend as well as to you, no one can see Jesus with your eyes. Severance takes place where one and not the other has seen Jesus. You cannot bring your friend unless God brings him. Have you seen Jesus? Then you will want others to see Him too. "And they went and told it until the residue, neither believed they them. (Mark 16:13)" You must tell, although they do not believe.

    "O could I tell, ye surely would believe it!
        O could I only say what I have seen!
    How should I tell or how can ye receive it,
        How, till He bringeth you where I have been?" - Saint Paul, Poem, by Frederic WH Meyers

Oswald Chambers - From "My Utmost for His Highest" Classic Edition

- Underlines and highlights are courtesy of Mom from her print edition.