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Daily devotions for 05-30-2004:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: Small Things
Evening Title: Why Return?
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Morning: Small Things
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines."
--Song of Solomon 2:15
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little
cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the
vines; and little sins do mischief to the tender
heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and
make it so full of that which is hateful to
Christ, that He will hold no comfortable
fellowship and communion with us. A great sin
cannot destroy a Christian, but a little sin can
make him miserable. Jesus will not walk with His
people unless they drive out every known sin. He
says, "If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide
in My love, even as I have kept My Father's
commandments and abide in His love." Some
Christians very seldom enjoy their Saviour's
presence. How is this? Surely it must be an
affliction for a tender child to be separated
from his father. Art thou a child of God, and yet
satisfied to go on without seeing thy Father's
face? What! thou the spouse of Christ, and yet
content without His company!
Surely, thou hast fallen into a sad state, for
the chaste spouse of Christ mourns like a dove
without her mate, when he has left her. Ask,
then, the question, what has driven Christ from
thee? He hides His face behind the wall of thy
sins. That wall may be built up of little
pebbles, as easily as of great stones. The sea is
made of drops; the rocks are made of grains: and
the sea which divides thee from Christ may be
filled with the drops of thy little sins; and the
rock which has well nigh wrecked thy barque, may
have been made by the daily working of the coral
insects of thy little sins. If thou wouldst live
with Christ, and walk with Christ, and see
Christ, and have fellowship with Christ, take
heed of "the little foxes that spoil the vines,
for our vines have tender grapes." Jesus invites
you to go with Him and take them. He will surely,
like Samson, take the foxes at once and easily.
Go with Him to the hunting.
Evening: Why Return?
"That henceforth we should not serve sin." --Romans 6:6
Christian, what hast thou to do with sin? Hath it
not cost thee enough already? Burnt child, wilt
thou play with the fire? What! when thou hast
already been between the jaws of the lion, wilt
thou step a second time into his den? Hast thou
not had enough of the old serpent? Did he not
poison all thy veins once, and wilt thou play
upon the hole of the asp, and put thy hand upon
the cockatrice's den a second time? Oh, be not so
mad! so foolish! Did sin ever yield thee real
pleasure? Didst thou find solid satisfaction in
it? If so, go back to thine old drudgery, and
wear the chain again, if it delight thee. But
inasmuch as sin did never give thee what it
promised to bestow, but deluded thee with lies,
be not a second time snared by the old fowler--be
free, and let the remembrance of thy ancient
bondage forbid thee to enter the net again! It is
contrary to the designs of eternal love, which
all have an eye to thy purity and holiness;
therefore run not counter to the purposes of thy
Lord. Another thought should restrain thee from sin.
Christians can never sin cheaply; they pay a
heavy price for iniquity. Transgression destroys
peace of mind, obscures fellowship with Jesus,
hinders prayer, brings darkness over the soul;
therefore be not the serf and bondman of sin.
There is yet a higher argument: each time you
"serve sin" you have "Crucified the Lord afresh,
and put Him to an open shame." Can you bear that
thought? Oh! if you have fallen into any special
sin during this day, it may be my Master has sent
this admonition this evening, to bring you back
before you have backslidden very far. Turn thee
to Jesus anew; He has not forgotten His love to
thee; His grace is still the same. With weeping
and repentance, come thou to His footstool, and
thou shalt be once more received into His heart;
thou shalt be set upon a rock again, and thy
goings shall be established.
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