Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

Zbc Iboliest of ail 123
XXIV.
TO-DAY.
III. -7. Wherefore, even as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye shall hear
His voice, harden not your hearts.
These words are generally applied to the unconverted ;
the
Psalm in which they occur, and the context in which they stand
in this Epistle, both prove that they are meant for God's people.
In all the dealings of the Holy Ghost with believers, be they
weak and erring, or strong and glad, His great word to them
is,
To-day.
The Holy Ghost saith, To-day. What does this mean ?
God is the Eternal One. With Him there is no yesterday or
to-morrow; what we call past and future are with Him an
ever-present Now ; His life is an ever-blessed, never-ending
To-day. One of the great words of this Epistle in regard to
Christ and His salvation is the word Eternal, For ever.
He has
become the author of eternal salvation—that is, a salvation
which bears the character of eternity ;
its chief mark is that it
is an ever-present Now— that there is not a moment in which
Christ, who ever lives to pray for us, is not able to maintain us
in it
in the power of an endless life.
Man is the creature of a moment ;
the
past has gone from
him, and over the future he has no control ; it is only the
present moment that is his. Therefore it is that, when he is
made partaker of Christ, a High Priest for ever, and the eternal