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November 27— “Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, W h a t makest thou?” (Isa.'45:9). If men would but believe that they are in process of creation, and consent to be made—let the Maker handle them as. the potter the clay, yielding themselves in resplendent motion and submissive, hope ful action with the turning of His wheel —they would ere long find themselves able to welcome every pressure of that hand on them, even when it was felt in pain; and sometimes not only to believe but to recognize the divine end in view, the bringing of a son unto glory.— George Macdonald. —o— . November 28— “In the selfsame day, as God had said unto him” (Gen. 17:23). Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Every time God calls us to any duty, He is offering to make a covenant with u s; doing the duty is our part, and He will do His part in special blessing. The only way we can obey is to obey “in the selfsame day,” fis Abraham did. To be sure, we often postpone a duty and then later on do it as fully as we can. It is better to do this than not to do it at all. But it is then, at the best, only a crippled, disfigured, half way sort of duty-doing; and a postponed duty never can bring the full blessing that God intended, and that it would have brought if done at the earliest possible moment. It is a pity to rob ourselves, along with robbing God and others, by procrastination. “In the selfsame day” is the Genesis way of saying, “Do it now.” —Messages for. the Morning Watch. —o— November 29— "And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come” (Matt. 14:28, 29). Peter’s venture. I call it a venture, and yet it was no venture, for that implies hazard, whereas there was no risk. He was leaving a leaking, sinking boat to go on board a noble ship. Still, to human eyes, not to angels, it was a venture. Frail as the vessel was, it was to human eyes safer than the sea. Out of this ves sel he let himself down into the raging sea, and began to walk. He was now wholly in the arms of Jesus; nothing between him and the waves but those everlasting arms. What his feelings were in letting go the hold of the ship we do not know, perhaps very peculiar; but with that word “Come” sounding over the waves, why should he fear? His was the venture of faith—a faith which showed itself, not in its power to grasp, but to let go, the vessel’s side—the human stay. Yes, we often speak of faith as taking hold, but here it is seen in letting go.— H. Bonar. November 30— “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7). By faith, not appearance. God never wants us to look at our feelings. Self may want us to ; and Satan may want us to. But God wants us to face facts; not feelings; the facts of Christ and of His finished and perfect work for us. When
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