In the Father's House, which is Jesus Christ, there are many rooms, many places of abode. The Lord Jesus went to the cross and then ascended to the Father to prepare a place for us in Himself.

We can never find fulfillment as "man" until we become a room in the Father's House.

When we deliberately choose to walk in the light of the Lord, God leads us in ways we have not known. He guides us along unfamiliar paths. These are ways and paths, the old ways and paths, that lead to eternal life and joy, to freedom from sin and self-will, to perfect peace and contentment. But we never will walk these paths until we are willing to be blind to the things of the present world.

God created us in the present world with eyes to see what is around us and a brain to interpret what we behold. But He hides Himself and says, "Seek me."

We then have a choice. We can continue on as a seeing animal but blind to God, or we can turn away from our human reasoning and begin to walk by faith in God. The decision is ours.

I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.

How often the way is dark before us! Tragedy strikes! We are filled with dread. The future is bleak. The way is rough indeed.

Now we have a choice. We can strive to solve our problems according to our own resources or we can turn to God. If we turn to God He will change our darkness into light. He will make the rough places smooth.

These wonders may not take place overnight. But we can be certain they indeed shall take place if we do not turn away from the Lord in fear and unbelief. God watches over His Word to perform it.

These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

As the various gifts and ministries of the Body of Christ operate we are built up to maturity as measured by the full stature of Christ. We come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God.

The unity of the faith does not mean we all agree on points of doctrine. Points of doctrine are the product of the natural mind. As we learn blindness we grow in the faith and knowledge of the Son of God. We find that God will do what He has promised. We become assured that God will not forsake us.

No Christian who has not matured in the faith and knowledge of the Son of God is prepared to appear with Christ in the day when He returns to establish His Kingdom on the earth. The immature believer would cause endless problems for those around him because of his insistence on acting according to his own perception of what he is to be and do. He is in no position to bring justice to the nations because he himself does not live in the faith and knowledge of Jesus. He is still walking by natural light.

He may be permitted to enter the Kingdom of God but he will not be allowed to bring confusion and weakness into the army of the Lord. He is not as yet an integral part of the unity of faith and knowledge that each member of the Body of Christ must have in order to be qualified to return with the Lord.

To be continued.