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• FEBRUARY 25 Christianity’s Badge . “Lord, dost thou wash my feet?” (John 13:6). - ■/' ■: - . a Twelve men were Christ’s guests at His own table. Their feet were dusty from the road, and it was the business of the ser vants to wash them. But'Jesus never kept any servants, and these men were not will ing to pour water upon one another’s feet. Peter thought, “It is just as much John’s business to wash :my feet as it is my busi ness to wash John’s.” They said, “After all, our feet are not very dusty; and if they should be washed now, they would be •dusty again the minute we go out.” Then Jesus gave Christianity its badge—a basin and a towel.. . . Be willing that God should choose the blessing and give more than you ask. Do not shrink back as Peter did. Just take what He gives; God knows best. There is in this world a great deal that passes for humility which is pride. Humility says, “I am not worthy,” but to that sense of un worthiness comes the blessing that mercy and grace bestow. —A lexander M c K enzie . FEBRUARY 26 See Him as H e Is “We have a great high priest I” (Heb. 4:14). Since Christ is an intercessor, I infer that believers should not rest at the cross for comfort; justification they should look for there; but being justified by His blood, they should ascend up after Him to His throne. At the cross you will see Him in His sorrows and humiliations, in His tears and blood; but follow Him to where He is now, and then you shall see Him in His robes, in His priestly robes, and with His golden girdle about Him. There you shall see Him wearing the breastplate of judg ment, and with all your names written up on His heart. Then you shall perceive that the whole family in heaven and earth is named of Him, and how He prevails with God, the Father of mercies, for you. Stand still awhile and listen, yea, enter with boldness into the holiest and see your Jesus as He now appears in the presence of God for you!— J ohn B unyan . What a revelation of heart have we here! Christ is never asleep to His people when they call Him. Amid the wildest tu mults of this world, He ever hears the faintest cry of prayer . . . Dean French says: “It is such cases as these—cases of sudden and unexpected terror, and without a moment of preparation—which test a man of what spirit he is.” Here we have an illustration of-what Christ’s peace was, and of what He meant when He said, “My peace I give unto you.”— J. R. M iller . FEBRUARY 28 More Ready to Pray Than to Praise “Jesus . . . said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger" (Lk. 17:17,18). The best of us are far too much like the nine lepers. We are more ready to pray than to praise, and more disposed to ask God for what we have not, than to thank Him for what we have. Murmuring, com plaint, and discontent abound on every side. Few indeed are to be found who are not hiding their mercies under a bushel, and setting their wants and trials on a hill. Let us pray daily for a thankful heart. It is a spirit which God loves and delights to honor.— A . N e v in . FEBRUARY 27 A lert to Answer “And he arose”- (Mk. 4:39).
upon his heart and those wounds continue to bleed. Time does not heal them. Every thing on earth became empty to him. All his loved ones have preceded him to heaven. With a few the impulse springs from another impulse. They love Jesus. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so their souls pant after the living God. —A braham K uyper . FEBRUARY 23 Far Aw ay, Yet Near 8 “Thine eyes . . . shall behold the land that is very far, off" (Isa. 33:17). Here is a prophecy of the goal of my fleeting life. When my adversaries are fi nally scattered, and my permanent emanci pation is accomplished, there remains for me a land, in one sense very near, in an other sense very far off. It is near, for I may enter it immediately. If Christ were to return, and I be caught up to meet Him in the air, at once I should be intro duced to it. Or if death, not foe, but friend-i- if I know Him whom I have believed— death, that is invisible and yet is by my side—if death should come to me, instantly I must depart to the Father’s house and the sight of my Lord. . . Yet it is very far off, because so much in it will be amazingly and most blessedly new . . . To look into the features of Him who was born for my salvation, and suffered in my stead, and created me anew by His Spirit, and pre served me in spite of a thousand failures and falls—is it not a world distant enough from the world of sense and time? —A lexander S mellie . FEBRUARY 24 Submerged, but Sparkling “That the trial of your faith . . . might be found unto praise and honor and glory” (1 Pet. 1:7). A jeweler gives, as one of the surest tests for diamonds, the water test. He says: “An imitation diamond is never so bril liant as a genuine stone. If your eye is not experienced enough to detect the dif ference, a simple test is to place the stone under water. The imitation diamond is practically extinguished, while a genuine diamond sparkles even under water, and is distinctly visible. If a genuine stone be placed beside an imitation one under wa ter, the contrast will be apparent to the least experienced eye.” There are some who seem confident of their faith so long as they have no trials, but when the waters of sorrow overflow them, their faith loses all its brilliancy. It is then that the true servants of God, like Job, shine forth as genuine jewels for the King— T he S unday at H ome .
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