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vision for his need, why should the Chris tian be sad and desponding? — C h a r les H addon S pu rg eo n .
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"This we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat” (2 Thess. 3:10). Work is a happy thing. Heaven is a place of rest, but it is not a sanatorium for invalids: and the mansions that our Fa ther has prepared are not dwelling-places for retired Christians . . . I cannot imagine anything more helpful and pleasant than Peter carrying the basket of loaves to the hungry people, and then coming back to Jesus to get his basket refilled. There was something in the basket, but it was no bur den to him; he was glad to do it. And that is the way God wants His people to live. —F. W . A in ley . JUNE 28 Apologizing "Confess your faults one to another" (Jas. 5:16). To an ignoble mind, the thought of apologizing suggests the idea of being in some sense humiliated, if not indeed de graded—through the confession of having failed to do as well as one should have done. T o a noble mind, the thought of apologizing suggests the idea of an uplift of personality—through claiming a superior standard of ordinary performance to that which was indicated in the occurrence apologized for . . . An unreadiness to apol ogize is an indication of one’s lack of con ception of any higher standard than his own immediate performance. —H. C la y T r u m b u l l . A sacrifice is that which costs us some thing. And when a man or woman has some cherished grudge or wrong and is har boring it, nursing it, dwelling on it, rolling it as a sweet morsel under the tongue, . . . it costs no little sacrifice to throw off the morbid spell, to refuse the suggestions of injury, neglect, and the remembrance of un kindness, to rise out of the mood of self commiseration in wholesome and holy de termination, and say, “I will rejoice in the Lord.”—A. B. S im pso n . JUNE 30 Self-Will or God’s Will "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" (Acts 9 :6 ). Saul had lived a very moral and reli gious life, but also a very self-willed life. Prior to this occasion of coming face to face with Christ, he would do what he' thought best; his errand to Damascus was of that nature. . . . Then he found that the Lord would have him to live by the "high calling of God in Christ Jesus”—separated unto the gospel of God, concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. The will of the Lord was better for Saul, and gracious for others through him: it will be that for us. —J. F. H eem stra . JUNE 29 ■ “The Sacrifice of Praise” "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice o f praise to G od continually, that is, the fruit o f our lips, giving thanks to his n am e' (Heb. 13:15).
"And he said unto them. Come y e your selves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: [or there were many coming and go ing, and they had no leisure so much as to eat" ( Mk. 6:31). The Lord Jesus was concerned for the physical well-being of His disciples. When the people kept them so busy that they had no time for proper meals, Jesus consider ately urged them to "come . . . and rest a while.” The only vacation which will rest and refresh the Christian satisfactorily is the one taken in companionship with the Lord Jesus. Even an interrupted vacation, such as theirs was, will result in blessing when hallowed by the presence of Him who created the body, and who has power to recreate it.— G eorge H. S ev ille . "W hat man o[ you, having a hundred sheep, i[ he lose one o[ them, doth not leave the ninety and nine . . . and go after that which is lost, until he find itT' (Lk. 15:4). The shepherd does not say, “I will let him find his own way back.” No! He takes the place of the seeker; he goes into the mountain and hunts until he finds the lost one, and then he lays it on his shoulder and brings it home. Is it the sheep that finds the shepherd? No, it is the shepherd that finds and brings back the sheep. He rejoiced to find it. Undoubtedly, the sheep was very glad to get back to the fold, but it was the shepherd who rejoiced, and who called his friends and said, “Rejoice with me!”— D L.' M oody . JUNE 25 With Christ in God "Your life is hid with Christ in God" (Col. 3 :3 ). Your life is hid with Christ in God— Then why take anxious thought? Shall not your soul’s Redeemer keep And care for what He bought? For you are hid away from fears, Away from gloom’s dark chill, Away from low’ring cloud of care, Away from dread of ill. Away from any power to harm, Away from doubtings dim, Away from all that would distress— Ah, hid away in Him! —E. M argaret C larkso n . "But this one thing I do" (Phil. 3:13). Paul is preaching the gospel to the Phil ippian jailer at midnight. He is doing the one thing! He is working at his trade in the tent factory of Aquila and Priscilla. He is doing the one thing! He is setting his face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, know ing that bonds and imprisonment await him. He is doing the one thing! He is telling the Roman soldier to whom he is chained of the love of Jesus. He is doing the one JUNE 24 The Lost Sheep JUNE 26 Concentration
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