December 17: For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psa. 61:3

Truly God's promises were shrouded in mystery, and his ways seemed past finding out… Paul declares (Col. 1:27) that this mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, now made manifest to his saints, is "Christ in You, the Hope of Glory." This is the great mystery of God which has been hidden from all previous ages, and is still hidden from all except a special class—the saints, or consecrated believers…. This is indeed a wonderful message, and, as we come to the Word of God to inquire concerning our great high calling, we find the prophets all eloquent in proclaiming the grace [favor or blessing] that is come unto us (1 Peter 1:10); while types, and parables, and hitherto dark sayings, now become luminous, shedding their light on the "narrow way" in which the anointed [Christ] company is called to run for the prize now disclosed to view. This was truly a mystery never before thought of—that God intends to raise up not only a deliverer, but a deliverer composed of many members. This is the "high calling" to which the consecrated believers of the Gospel age are privileged to attain. A78-84