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October 7 Don’t Fret “Do not begin to be anxious” (Phil. 4:6, PBV). Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying? It never made […] October 6 Don’t Rush! “Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God” (Isa. 50:10, RV). What shall the believer do in times of darkness–the darkness of perplexity […] October 5 Leaning Sides “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (S. of Sol. 8:5). Some one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A colored brother asked the Lord for various blessings–as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received-as you and […] October 4 Wait Quietly “And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise” (Heb. 6:15). Abraham was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried him by her peevishness. […] October 3 Perfection of Suffering “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me” (Ps. 138:8). There is a Divine mystery in suffering, a strange and supernatural power in it, which has never been fathomed by the human reason. There never has been known great saintliness of soul which did not pass through great suffering. When […] |
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