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“I never thought it could be thus, Month after month to know The river of Thy peace, Without a ripple in its flow, Without a quiver in the trust, A flicker in the glow.” — W. Graham Scroggie. June l—“As he was alone praying” (John 6:15). Man needs to be alone with God. With out this, God cannot have the opportuni ty to shine into his heart, to transform his nature by His divine working, to take possession, and to fill him with the full ness of God. Man needs t© be alone with God, to yield himself to the presence and the power of His holiness, of His life, and of His love. Christ on earth needed it; He could not live the life of a Son here in the flesh without at times separat ing Himself entirely from His surround ings and being alone with God. How much more must this be indispensable to u s! . . .There is no true, deep conversion, no true, deep holiness, no clothing with the Holy Spirit and with power, no abiding peace or joy without being daily alone with God. What an inestimable privilege is the institution of daily secret prayer to begin every morning! Let this be the one thing our hearts are set on—- seeking and finding and receiving God. —Andrew Murray. I—o— June 2— “Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee” (Psa. 9:10). The promise is not that we shall always have a sensible manifestation of the Lord, that we shall always have a soul-gladden ing consciousness of His presence, that we shall always be able to understand His dealings with us, that we shall be kept from disappointments and from an guish of spirit. The promise is not that we shall never be cast into a den of lions, never into a fiery furnace, never be a fu gitive by the brook Cherith or under the juniper tree, never be brought before Ne ro. Look for the token that the Lord hath not forsaken you—-in the right place. Look for it in the den of lions, and you will find it in the form of an angel. Look for it in the burning fiery furnace, and you will find it in the form of the Son of God.— George Bowen. June 3— “Lo, I am with you all the days” (Matt. 28:20, R. V. Mar.). The path in front of me may be full of flowers or full of thorns; or, as is more probable, flower and thorn may be mingled together. Some of the days will be days of discipline, of the pruning knife and the cleansing fire. But when He is with me, the discipline is a benediction and not a curse. It teaches me to grasp His strong right hand with a tighter hold, to pray more earnestly, to find heights and depths of meaning in the promises of God, to feel for all who are in tribulation. Mind and heart and character are bet tered by the endurance of affliction. Many of the days will be days of monotony. They must be spent in little things—house hold labors, common anxieties, unnoticed toil. The drudgery is a love message. It is Jesus Christ in disguise. Almost ev ery day will be a day of temptation. In the home, in the business, in company, in loneliness, I shall encounter the press of the storm. But let my Lord be with me,
The fullness is indeed in Christ, and it is in Him for us. We are rich beyond words, in provision, however poor in frui tion. In Jesus Christ we have the full ness of the Spirit. Have we come to have it in us? . . . We “receive the prom ise of the Spirit . . . through faith.” It is a question of personal trust in a faith ful Promiser. Our part is to rest upon His Word. His promise is for us. Do we need the fullness now? Surely we do, and He knows it. Then, shall we not in simplicity and singleness of desire con fide in Him for it now? Such faith does not seek only, but receives; it rests, and has. •—Handley C. G. Moule. — o — May 29— “The king’s business required haste” (1 Sam. 21:8). All true followers of the Lord are— or ought to be—in active service for their King; and His business does require haste . . . Ere the shadows fall, while the day is still with us, so long as the Lord tarries and the doors of service for Him are open, let us buy up the opportunities, and by prayer and gift and personal ef fort, let us seek to bring joy to the heart of our gracious Master and blessing to the world for which He died. — F. J. Horsefield. o—■ May 30— “His commandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3). When we are born of "God and filled with faith and love, the keeping of the commandments is easy and delightful. The inner energy is equal to the whole incidence of duty . . . If we feel the com mandments pressing upon us heavily, it is a sign that the interior life needs up lifting and strengthening. “Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, In crease our faith.” The disciples did not ask that their faith should be modified to their weakness . . . Every command ment is a benediction. “Moreover by them is thy servant warned: in keeping of them there is great reward.” Our whole per fecting is bound up with our obedience; only as we submit ourselves to divine con trol do we realize ourselves and all the great possibilities of our calling. — W. L. Watkinson. —O— May 31— “The Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace” (Ex. 14:13, 14). It is related of Frances Ridley Haver- gal that she gave way oftentimes to tem per ; that she mourned this sin, and yet seemed not to overcome it until one day, having given way to it with particular violence, she spread herself before God, humiliated and ashamed and broken of heart. It was as though a voice said: “The Egyptian whom you have seen this day, ye shall see . . . no more for ever.” What, never see that Egyptian of a tem per again. She claimed the promise and appropriated the power . . . On the upper side of that experience she wrote what she could not have written on the lower side:
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