THE KING' S BUSINESS
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MAY 16 The Surrender of Self-Importance “ The meek will he guide" (Psa. 25:9). Be content to lose the idea of thine own importance. . . . Shrink into non-impor tance, and take the position of a simple servitor, whose business it is to do, to suffer, and to give thanks. When you have become thus inconsiderable in your own regard, and have relinquished the honor which cometh from man, and are cordially willing that the gifts that adorn this pres ent life should be withheld from you, and abundantly bestowed at your right hand and at your left, then will you become con scious that another hand is locked in yours, a friendly hand, a gracious hand, a tender, considerate, careful hand, a royal, a heav enly, nay, without disguise, a divine hand. In surrendering all self-importance, you have become unspeakably important to the most exalted Being in the universe. —G eorge B owen . MAY 17 For Such a Time as This “ Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esth. 4:14). God has brought each of us to the king dom for such times as those in which we live. Every age has its peculiar prpblems and difficulties, and needs a peculiar wit ness and service on the part o f God's peo ple. Hence, it is our own generation which each of us must seek to bless. . . . There are tasks lying to hand, which, if we do not take up, will never be accomplished. There are those with whom we are pres ently brought into contact who must hear the message of salvation through our lips, or not at all! There is a will of Christ to be done, which we alone can accomplish in this our day. W e have, by grace, been brought to the kingdom for nothing less. How high is the privilege and responsibil ity of our lives !—J. S tuart H olden . MAY 18 Why Welcome Affliction? “ Our light affliction, which is for the mo ment, worketh for us more and more ex ceedingly an eternal weight o f glory" (2 Cor. 4:17, R .V .). It is good to know that there is a limit to affliction. It is for the moment. It has its appointed period. Not always will the seas be tempestuous. God weighs and measures, bounds and defines, my sorrows. It is good to know that there is a purpose in affliction. It worketh for us, in our ser vice, on our behalf. . . It is good to know that there is a coronation after affliction. It is the prelude to an eternal weight of glory. There are notes and chords in my everlast ing song which never could have been there if I had not discovered in my trouble the grace of the Father, and the sympathy of the Son, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost.—A lexander S mellie . MAY 19 Two Mites “And Jesus sat over against the treas ury . . . and there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing” (Mk. 12:41, 42). Why does the Spirit take such care to say “two mites, which make a farthing” ? To have omitted this detail would have robbed the account of exquisite beauty—the true touch o f whole-heartedness. If the woman had had the money all in one piece, she must either have given all, or else nothing. Having it in two pieces, she had the option o f keeping half the amount for her own living. Truly, most of us would judge it extraordinary devotedness to give
to the Lord’s cause half o f all we pos sessed in the world. With the woman, there was no reserve whatever. Self and its needs were wholly lost sight of, and she flung her whole living into that which, to her heart, represented the cause o f her God. May God grant us something of this spirit.—S elected . MAY 20 A Father’s Care “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him” (Psa. 103:13). The life and work of Hudson Taylor were founded upon three facts; namely, that there is a living God; that He has spoken in the Bible; and that He means what He says, and will do all He has promised. There was no title he loved more to use for God that “Father.” And there was no attitude he more rejoiced to adopt than that of a trustful child. “I do not believe,” he wrote, “that our heavenly Father will ever forget His chil dren. I am a very poor father, but it is not my habit to forget my children. God is a very, very good Father. It is not His habit to forget His children. It is not difficult for me to remember that my little ones need breakfast in the morning, dinner at mid-day, and something before they go to bed at night. Indeed, I could not forget it. And I find it impossible to suppose that our heavenly Father is less tender or mindful than I.”—B. M c C all B arbour . MAY 21 Friends “Henceforth I call you not servants . . . but I have called you friends” (John 15:15). What is the reward o f the faithful pro secution o f Christ’s commandments? This is the answer: “Henceforth I call you not servants . . . but . . . friends.” That is the line of promotion. We shall know when we are called friends by Christ; a new consciousness will dawn within; a larger sense o f life will possess u s; we shall know when the life-tide rises that we have gone up in the grade o f Christian relationship, and that we who began as slaves have been promoted to the rank of friends. . . . Is there any honor com pared with that which is his when a man can truly say to himself, “I am the friend o f Christ” ?—J oseph P arker . Ah, Lord, enlarge our scanty thought, To know the wonders Thou hast wrought. —S elected . MAY 22 Daily Strength “A s thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deut. 33:25). It is a poor compliment to the strength that God gives to us to say that it is enough to carry us through. God does not deal out His gifts to people with such an eco nomical correspondence to necessities as that. There is always a wide margin. More than we can ask, more than we can think, is given us. Our Captain provides us with an inexhaustible strength, in which we may fully trust. W e shall not exhaust it by any demands that we can make upon it. So we may be bold in the march, and draw upon our stock o f strength to the utmost. There is no fear that it will fail us. —A lexander M aclaren . MAY 23 " Usable “ Then said I, Here am I ; send me" (Isa. 6 : 8 ). We sometimes pray: “Lord, use me” ; and o f course we thus express a very right
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