do enough for her. He goes out of his way just to make her happy and sat isfied. This is exactly what our Lord wants. Too many of us breeze through a brief “thank you” so that we can hurry over to the “gimmes.” This isn’t love, affection, admiration, or adora tion. In John 4:24 we read, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” Have you robbed Him of your love? We think nothing of going into a restaurant with a friend as our guest. We tell him to eat anything he wishes. The prices are not to be considered. The only thing that matters is that the friend is completely satisfied. The bill may be five or ten dollars, but we are not greatly concerned. But how dif ferent it is when we go to church. We try to find some coin or that which will not cause us to be hampered in our own personal desires. We go to a football or basketball game and may have to pay two or three dollars for a seat. It doesn’t bother us. But how different w hen the offering p la te comes by us at church. The word “rob” means that what belongs to another person is stolen to use for oneself. The unsaved farmer may take God’s sun shine and soil provisions to get gain for himself. He sells his thousand bushels of wheat for a good profit, but God is never taken into considera tion. Then what about our time? This is certainly worth something. There are seven days in the week with about 16 to 18 hours each day that most of us are up. How much time does God get? Just remember that God is debtor to no man. You can never outgive the Lord. One Sunday morning as I arrived at church I saw a woman waiting out side. She had a husband and three children who were all sick in bed. She was weeping for the family had no food. In explanation she declared, “Minister, I don’t belong to this church, but I thought maybe you could help me.” When she told her story my heart was touched. All I had was a $5.00 bill which I gave to her. As I
went in the church, I just told the Lord, “You said, ‘He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.’ Now, I loaned you $5.00 so won’t You pay it back, pretty soon? You know, that’s all I had.” After 'the service was over, folks came by to tell me how they en joyed the service. One woman left a $10 bill in my hand. Later I told the Lord, “I only loaned you $5.00. You made a mistake here.” But He didn’t. He always likes to do much more than we could ever hope or desire. Have you been robbing God of any- WHEN I HAVE GRIEF When I have grief that seems too hard to bear, When I am almost overcome with care. This is the hope which, shining bright and fair, Makes every shadow flee. My eyes will never, never, weep again, My heart will never feel the ache of pain. And every mystery will be made plain When Jesus comes for me! O greatest comfort to this heart of mine! O, blessed promise! — covenant divine! It cannot fail!— the Word, O Lord, is Thine: Glorious certainty! Then, to this future, let me look away And borrow courage for my task today, Content to watch and wait, to work and pray, Leaving the time with Thee. — Robert Crumly thing? Let us make certain that first of all He has our complete hearts and love. Someday we will see Him face to face. Will you have to blush when that glad hour comes? Do what you can now, for there is an hour coming when all our opportunities will be over. So live that you may be assured of the glad words of our Saviour when He says, “Well done thou good and faith ful servant. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!” 10
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