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February, 1933
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
In speaking of his conversion, Paul says, “I did not attain.” In speaking o f his pres ent condition, he says, “ I have not yet attained.” Satisfaction with one’s present attainments is not a good sign. Self-esteem is a great obstacle to progress. Overesti mation makes growth impossible. Reach ing is vitally connected with growth. Dis satisfaction is the spring of all attainment. Dissatisfied with huts, men build houses; dissatisfied with the skin of beasts, they manufacture garments; dissatisfied with calligraphy, they invent a printing press,; dissatisfied with wagons, they construct steam engines. Conceit blasts and deforms the face of life. Conscious dissatisfaction becomes intensified the more we see of Christ. We are not what we were; we are not what we shall be; nor are we yet what we ought to be.’—W illiam .E vans . Onward ! till thy course;is finished, Like the ransomed ones.before; Keep the faith through persecution, Never give the battle o’er. Onward! upward I till victorious, Thou shalt lay thy armor down, . And thy loving Saviour bids Thee L At His hand receive thy crown. MARCH 2 "A s captain-of the host o f the Lord am I now come” (Josh. 5:14).: The appearance of God to Joshua, when the conflict to which he was pledged was imminent, was his crisis; hour. Henceforth, he knew himself to be under the Lord’s direction. The true Leader of Israel’s host was invisible. He [Joshua] must sustain a twofold relationship to the unseen Lord,; and to the people who, looked to him for guidance. That the One who 'appeared to him was the Son of God Himself is a mat ter of no doubt. Hence this appearance is prophetic o f His yet greater coming, and of His perpetual presence with those who seek to do His bidding. Joshua need have no apprehension as to the outcome of the long campaign before him. . . . We are not here to help God. He can well gain the victory apart from our service, though in His grace He deigns to use His re deemed people for the fulfillment of His purpose toward the world. Our rightful attitude is submission to His leadership. t—J. S tuart H olden . MARCH 3 , “ I know their sorrows" (Ex. 3:7). Shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender Soul-hus band knows all about us? He is the Physician, and if He knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, 'peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the be loved Physician, knows thy soul in ad versities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symp toms? This is the Physician’s work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and His to prescribe. If He shall write His pre scription in&uncouth. characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon His unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working. —C harles H addon S purgeon . MARCH 4 "H e shall glorify me: for he shall re ceive o f mine, and shall shew it unto you" (John 16:14). When our Lord spoke the words to the —F anny C rosby .
disciples, “Lo, I am with you alway,” they did not at first understand or experience their full meaning. It was when at Pentecost they were filled with the Holy Spirit that that.Spirit from heaven brought down into their hearts the glorified Lord Jesus, and they began the new life in the joy of the abiding presence. All our attempts to claim to live that life o f continuous, unbroken communion will be in vain unless we, too,, yield our selves wholly to the power and the indwell ing of the ever-blessed Spirit. —A ndrew M urray . MARCH 5 “ Whatsoever we ask, we receive o f him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight” John 3 :22). A lady who had been a Christian worker told Dr. Torrey that she could nO; longer believe in God, because when her husband •was ill, she had prayed for his recovery,' and God had failed her. Dr. Torrey point ed her to 1 John t 3:22, and asked if she were obeying the conditions laid down.
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