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Daily devotions for 01-25-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: Remember
Evening Title: Holiness of the Will
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Morning: Remember
"I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
according to all
that the Lord hath bestowed on us." --Isaiah 63:7
And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced?
What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus
met thee, and said, "Come unto me"?
Canst thou not remember that rapturous moment when He snapped thy fetters,
dashed thy chains to the earth, and said, "I came to break thy bonds and set
thee free"? Or if the love of thine espousals be forgotten, there must surely
be some precious milestone along the road of life not quite grown over with
moss, on which thou canst read a happy memorial of His mercy towards thee?
What, didst thou never have a sickness like that which thou art suffering now,
and did He not
restore thee? Wert thou never poor before, and did He not supply thy wants?
Wast thou never in straits before, and did He not deliver thee?
Arise, go to the river of thine experience, and pull up a few bulrushes, and
plait them into an
ark, wherein thine infant-faith may float safely on the stream. Forget not what
thy God has done for thee; turn over the book of thy remembrance, and consider
the days of old. Canst thou not remember the hill Mizar? Did the Lord never
meet with thee at Hermon? Hast thou never climbed the Delectable Mountains?
Hast thou never been helped in time of need? Nay, I know thou hast. Go back,
then, a little way to the choice mercies of yesterday, and though all may be
dark now, light up the lamps of the past, they shall glitter through the
darkness, and thou shalt trust in the Lord till the day break and the shadows
flee away. "Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses, for
they have been ever of old."
Evening: Holiness of the Will
"Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the
law."
--Romans 3:31
When the believer is adopted into the Lord's family, his relationship to old
Adam and the law
ceases at once; but then he is under a new rule, and a new covenant. Believer,
you are God's
child; it is your first duty to obey your heavenly Father. A servile spirit you
have nothing to do with: you are not a slave, but a child; and now, inasmuch as
you are a beloved child, you are bound to obey your Father's faintest wish, the
least intimation of His will.
Does He bid you fulfil a sacred ordinance? It is at your peril that you neglect
it, for you will
be disobeying your Father. Does He command you to seek the image of Jesus? It
is not your joy to do so? Does Jesus tell you, "Be ye perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect"? Then not because the law commands, but
because your Saviour enjoins, you will labour to be perfect in holiness. Does
He bid his saints love one another? Do it, not because the law says, "Love thy
neighbour," but because Jesus says, "If ye love Me, keep My commandments;" and
this is the commandment that He has given unto you, "that ye love one another."
Are you told to distribute to the poor? Do it, not because charity is a burden
which you dare
not shirk, but because Jesus teaches, "Give to him that asketh of thee." Does
the Word say,
"Love God with all your heart"? Look at the commandment and reply, "Ah!
commandment, Christ hath fulfilled thee already--I have no need, therefore, to
fulfill thee for my salvation, but
I rejoice to yield obedience to thee because God is my Father now and He has a
claim upon me, which I would not dispute." May the Holy Ghost make your heart
obedient to the constraining power of Christ's love, that your prayer may be,
"Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments; for therein do I delight."
Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.
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