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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Nov 8, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 45.

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Waiting and Doing

True faith can wait God's time. When the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, as recorded in Genesis 15, the man of faith did his part of the work and waited for God. He killed the sacrifice, and divided the pieces. Still the Lord did not come. Fowls came to devour the sacrifice, but Abraham drove them away. At evening he was made to suffer the agonies of the Egyptian bondage, and when it was dark, God came. Faith waited; and blessed are those who, having done their part, can wait upon God. Faith also obeys. When the Lord told Abraham to circumcise the males of his household (Genesis 17), he did it on "the selfsame day." True faith both waits and acts; for it lays hold not of appearance, but of the Word of God.