T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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JANUARY 6 Good Cheer “Be of good cheer" (Acts 27:22). Be of good cheer, although neither sun nor stars in many days have appeared. There is a sun beyond and above the natur al man. There is a bright and morning star mightier than Orion, and more gracious than the sweet influences of the Pleiades. Perhaps the customary lights and the usual comforts have been withdrawn from me, that I may learn to steer my course by heaven and God. His eye pierces my mid night, His heart understands my need. Be of good cheer, even if all hope that we shall be saved is taken away. For the truth is that, only when the lower and earthly hopes are discarded and dead, is the hope created which shall never make me ashamed. . . . To His beloved God some times gives sleep in the night, and some times songs, and sometimes angels. Where fore, everywhere and always, He bids me be of good cheer.— A lexander S mellie . JANUARY 7 Peace “Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus" (1 Pet. 5:14). The peace of God within us is a delicate plant, and is easily killed by the frost of sin. It is a precious treasure, but is easily stolen by the secret hand of some thievish iniquity. God will indeed “speak peace unto his people,” but “let them not turn again to folly,” otherwise His voice will be dumb. —G. H. K night . Give me the peace of the hills, O God! Though round me the smoke be whirled, And though from the dusty valleys below Come the roar of the restless world; Above the din of pleasure and care And the empty voices of time. Let my spirit rise to the stainless calm Of eternity’s heights sublime. —S elected . JANUARY 8 Facing Temptation “For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4: 15). We learn from the example of Jesus that temptation is possible to the holiest in this world. . . . To be tempted is not sin. From the wilderness we may return, leaning upon the arm of our Beloved. Like Him, we may come from the fiercest fight with Sa tan, filled with the Holy Spirit. Abiding in Him, we may be more than conquerors, calmly surveying “tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine . . . or peril, or sword,” in the blessed confidence that none of these things shall “separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”—D. T atton . JANUARY 9 An Abiding Friend “I f we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Gal. 5:25). To walk in the Spirit is to recognize the Spirit as present and abiding in us. How often, after we have asked His presence, we treat Him as if He had deceived us, and cry to Him as if He were afar off! Let us recognize Him as having come, and ad dress Him as a present and indwelling Friend. Walking in the Spirit implies that we shall keep step with the Holy Ghost, and that our obedience shall be so prompt that we shall never find ourselves follow ing at a distance. God has given us a gen-
tle, patient Guide who is willing to come into the minutest steppings of our life. Let us take heed that we grievé Him not away. Let us be sensitive to His touch, respon sive to His whisper, obedient to His com mandments, and able ever to say, “The Fa ther hath not left me alone; for I do al ways those things that please him.” —A. B. S impson . JANUARY 10 Allegiance to Christ “He is Lord of lords, and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful" (Rev. 17: M ) . You will notice that they are called. There are no conscripts in God’s army; it is a voluntary service. They are chosen; they are picked men; they are the men of His choice. Gideon had an army of thirty- two thousand who were called, but only three hundred were chosen. What a privi lege it is to be chosen of God! Somebody has said: “I should have been proud to have held the spyglass for Columbus, to have picked up the fallen brush for Mi chael Angelo, to have carried Milton’s bag, and to have blacked Shakespeare’s boots.” But I will tell you something more wonder ful than that. Listen to the word of our Lord: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you.” . . . . Would you say in your heart, “Lord of lords, and King of kings” ? That is all. That means everything, for if He is Lord of lords, and King of kings, there will be victory all along the line. —A. L indsay G legg , JANUARY 11 No Condemnation “There is therefore now no condemna tion to them which are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). Think not that “no condemnation” is a merely negative thing. The revoking of a sentence of condemnation, even in the case of an earthly prisoner, restores him to the society of loved ones. And the words “no condemnation,” in the case of the spiritual captive, remove the veil that hindered him from meeting the reconciled face of Him whose name is Love. The words not only liberate him, but liberate also many thou sand ministers of God, celestial and terres trial, who spring forth to wait upon him, and will never leave him till they have brought him, victorious, radiant, pure, and blessed, to the company of all the saints in light. —G eorge B owen . JANUARY 12 Influencing the Trifles “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable" (1 Cor. 15:58). It was nothing of more importance than that Paul had said he was going to Corinth, and did not, on which he brings all this array of great principles to bear; from which I gather just this thought—that the highest gifts of God’s grace, and the great est truths of God’s Word are meant to reg ulate the tiniest things in our daily life. If our religion will not influence the trifles, what will it influence? Our life is made up of trifles. “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” So let us see to two things—first, that all our religion is worked into our life; and, sec ond, that all our life is brought under the sway of motives derived from our reli gion, for only in proportion as it is, will it be pure and good. And as regards this special virtue and prime quality of stead fastness and fixedness of purpose, you can do no good in the world without it. There
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