he rightly forgets the miracle and j recognizes Christ for what He truly is. Similarly, the only way we can j appreciate what we really are is to see ourselves in the light of the Lord j Jesus Christ. The philosopher Plato said, “Know thyself.” But Calvin rightly declared, “Know God and then i you will know yourself.” Here is the illustration of that. Peter was saying, i “I’m the fish. I need to be saved and j caught in the Gospel net.” The secret of this great blessing i came through obedience. When we are willing to obey the Word, although the living Word is not with us as He was with the fishermen, then great blessing will attend our way. One of our hymns has put it well, When we walk with the Lord In the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way. When we do His good will, He abides with us still And with all who will trust and obey. Trust and obey, For there’s no other way God has His own perfect plan to reveal to us. No wonder when the Lord told them, “Follow Me,” they did just that. They were not blindly fol lowing a stranger for they knew that He had something they needed. The Lord Jesus never invited people to follow Him until He justly had earned the right to give the command. So often we try to witness for the Sav iour before we have earned the right to follow Him. May our lives so com mend us, because of our fruitfulness, that, as we tell the Gospel story, people will believe and be converted. * It is not how much we have of God, but rather how much does God have of us. * * * You will never come up to God's expecta tions until you come down at Jesus' feet. * * * An upright man can never be a down right failure. To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey. * *
IF JESUS CAME TODAY If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two, If He came unexpectedly, I wonder what you'd do. Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room to such an honored Guest, And all the food you'd serve to Him would be the very best. And you'd keep assuring Him you were glad to have Him there, That serving Him ip your home was joy beyond compare. But when you saw Him coming, would you meet Him at the door With arms outstretched in welcome to your Heavenly Visitor? Or would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in? Or hide some magazines and put the Bible where they'd been? Would you turn off the T V and hope He hadn't heard, And wish you hadn't uttered that last loud, hasty word? Would you hide your worldly music and put some hymn books out? Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about? And I wonder, if the Saviour spent a day or two with you, Would you go right on doing the things you always do? Would your family conversation keep its usual pace? Or would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace? Would you sing the songs you always sing and read the books you read, And let Him know the things on which your mind and spirit feed? Would you be glad to have Him meet your very closest friends, Or would you hope they'd stay away until His visit ends? Would you be glad to have Him stay forever on and on? Or would you sigh with great relief, when He at last was gone? It might be interesting to know the things that you would do If Jesus came in person to spend some time with you!
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