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Interest Or Identification? “I have been crucified with Christ.” Galatians 2:20 The imperative need spiritually is to sign the death warrant of the disposition of sin, to turn all emotional impressions and intellectual beliefs into a moral verdict against the disposition of sin, viz., my claim to my right to myself. Paul says – “I […] Morning, March 21 Scripture: “Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.”(John 16:32) Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of “the agony.” Occupied with the passover feast at […] Avoid That Slip Scripture: “Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble”(Proverbs 3:23). That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the highway is under some protection. There is […] Evening, March 21 Scripture: “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”(Job 38:31) If inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We cannot move the least of all the twinkling stars, or quench so much as one […] 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 […] |
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