Spugeon: "here is a glass in which we may see the unborn years."

It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the East, over which an edifice was built, so that none could reach them save those who knew the secret entrance; so is the heart of a believer when it is renewed by grace: there is a mysterious life within which no human skill can touch. It is a secret which no other man knoweth; nay, which the very man who is the possessor of it cannot tell to his neighbour.  

Future things are hidden from us. Yet here is a glass in which we may see the unborn years. The LORD says, "From this day will I bless you." It is worthwhile to note the day which is referred to in this promise. There had been failure of crops, blasting, and mildew, and all because of the people's sin. Now, the LORD saw these chastened ones commencing to obey His word and build His temple, and therefore He says, "From the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider. From this day will I bless you." 

"here is a glass in which we may see the unborn years."  We may look ahead in hope and faith towards the blessing of the future, and the continued love of our Lord.  Remember faith is 

*the evidence of things not seen

*the substance of things believed

In part therefore, God lives in us, even the people that don't like God, as James notes that even devils believe in God, but we have that hope that they don't, and that hope separates us from the unbeliever and the devils.

But as Spurgeon so beautifully says of both scripture and faith, "here is a glass in which we may see...."

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Blessings from

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the God of All Consolation.