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March 21 Listening Hard for God “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 19 :18). Waiting upon God is necessary in order to see Him, to have a vision of Him. The time element in vision is essential. Our hearts are like a sensitive photographer’s plate; and in order to […] March 20 God in Everything “It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good”. (1 Sam. 3:18) See God in everything, and God will calm and color all that thou dost see!” It may be that the circumstances of our sorrows will not be removed, their condition will remain unchanged; […] March 19 Hiding Place “Hide thyself by the brook Cherith” (1 Kings 17:3). God’s servants must be taught the value of the hidden life. The man who is to take a high place before his fellows must take a low place before his God. We must not be surprised if sometimes our […] March 18 Scent of The Rose “Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out” (S. of Sol. 4:16). Some of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. The aloe was a bitter spice, and it tells of the sweetness of bitter things, the bitter-sweet, which has its own […] March 17 Carry Your Cross “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Mark 8:34). The cross which my Lord bids me take up and carry may assume different shapes. I may have to content myself with a lowly and narrow sphere, when […] |
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