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scends to seek it (Judges 6:14). Had He Himself not called us to such fellowship, to arrogate it to ourselves would be the highest presumption.. As laborers together with Him, it is impossible that our work can fail of the most glorious results. Every true Christian must be a worker. I f other wise, how could the Judge say to him, at the last, “Well done, good and faithful servant” ? This is the touchstone to which we must all, by and by, come. Though saved by our faith, we shall be judged by our works (Matt. 25:14-16). Christianity is not a dreamy sentimentalism. Neither is it a life of indolent contemplation. . . . Like all other workers, workers for God must have their qualifications. The measure o f our spiritual life, other things being equal, is the measure of our power. — C harles G r a h a m . MARCH 18 The Same Jesus "This same Jesus . . . shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). “This same Jesus”—an emphatic wordl It fixes the identity of the Person o f the One who is coming. It is as much as if the angels said to John: “Now, John, that Jesus on whose bosom you reclined at sup per is coming again.” If is as much as if they said to Peter: “ Peter, that Jesus who looked upon you when you basely de nied Him, and by that look melted your heart, and by prayer to the Father before hand upheld you in that distressful mo- ment-—Peter, that same One is coming again.” It is as much as if they said: !‘You will remember how the little children came in groups around Him, and He put His hands on their heads. It is that same Jesus who is coming.” — J am es W right . Oh, blissful, happy hope! He comes to reign, Who came at first to suffer and be slain; Oh, happy antidote to grief and fear, That He who bore our griefs will soon appear! “ Beloved, now are we the sons of God,” Our title made secure by precious blood; Though what we shall be is not yet made known, One glimpse of Him will make His joy our own. — W illiam W il em a n . MARCH 19 Wait God’s Time “A s long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents” (Num. 9:18). Keep your eye on the pillar o f cloud and fire that leads. Rest when the pillar rests, move when it moves. Never lag be hind, but be sure you never run ahead. You can make the clock strike before the hour by putting your own hands to it, but it will strike wrong. You can hurry the un folding of God’s providence, but you will only mar the divine plan unless you wait for Him. You can tear the rosebud open before the time it would naturally open, but you destroy the beauty o f the rose. So, by our own eager haste, we spoil many a gift or blessing which God is preparing for us. He would weave all our lives into patterns o f loveliness. — J. G regory M antle . MARCH 20 Practical Sanctity “Providing fo r honest things, not only in the sight o f the Lord, but also in the sight o f men” (2 Cor. 8:21).
There are some Christians, and some on whose lips the language of consecration is heard, and they are thoughtless, they are negligent, they are unprincipled, even dis honest, in this prosaic but important mat ter o f money. There are Christian people who have not paid back the money lent in an hour o f stress, by a Christian brother, because they were Christians; and they think God has forgotten it. . . . I say to you, beloved, the command, “ Owe no man anything,” is just as binding as the com mand, “ Be filled with the Spirit.” If you are in debt, and have been negligent and unprincipled in this matter, keeping back from people what you ought to have given them, I say it is a thousand times better to pay your debts than to underline your Bibles. Let your sanctity be . . . practical. — C harles I n wood . MARCH 21 Prayerlessness “None . . . that stirreth up himself to take hold o f thee” (Isa. 64:7). Surely there is nothing so absolutely as tonishing as a practically prayerless Chris tian. These are eventful and ominous d a y s . I n fact, there are many evidences that these are the “last days” in which God had promised to pour out His Spirit —the Spirit of supplication (Joel 2:17). We believe the time has come when a clarion call to the individual and to the church is needed—a call to prayer. Now, dare we face the question o f prayer? It seems a foolish query, for is not prayer a part and parcel o f all religions? But do I really believe that prayer is a power ? Is prayer the greatest power on earth, or is it not? Does prayer indeed move the hand that rules the world? . . . Our Lord never gave an unnecessary or an optional command . . . Our Saviour’s three great commands for definite action were : “ Pray ye,” “Do this,” “Go ye.” With out obedience to the “pray ye,” it is of little or no use at. all either to “do this” or to “go.” — R ichardson . MARCH 22 Something Far Better “And he said unto, me, My grace is suf ficient fo r thee” (2 Cor. 12:9) » God sometimes answers prayer by giv ing something better than we ask. An affectionate ' father on earth often does this. The child says, “Father, give me this fruit.” “No,_ my child,” the father re plies, “but hère is bread, which is better for you.” There was given to Paul a thorn in the flesh, a messenger o f Satan to buffet him. In bitterness o f heart, he cried, “Lord, let this depart from me.” No answer came. Again he prayed the same words. No answer still. A third time he knelt, and now the answer came, not as he expected. The thorn is not plucked away ; the messenger o f Satan is not driven back into hell ; but Jesus says, “My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Ah, this is something better than Paul asked, and better than he thought. . . . Dear praying believer, be o f good cheer, God will either give you what you ask, or something far better.—R. M . M c C h eyn e . MARCH 23 Daily Provision “I f ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and, be not moved away from the hope of. the gospel” (Col. 1 :23). Christ is our armor, but the armor must be. daily worn. It is “not Christ, but Christ
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