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September 22 The Missionary’s Master “Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.” John 13:13 To have a master and to be mastered is not the same thing. To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself, one who is […] September 21 Missionary Predestinations “And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be His servant.” Isaiah 49:5 The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our prejudices and our parochial notions and our patriotisms; we are turned into […] September 20 The Divine Rule Of Life “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 Our Lord’s exhortation in these verses is to be generous in our behaviour to all men. In the spiritual life beware of walking according to natural affinities. Everyone has natural affinities; some people […] September 19 Do You Continue To Go With Jesus? “Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.” Luke 22:28 It is true that Jesus Christ is with us in our temptations, but are we going with Him in His temptations? Many of us cease to go with Jesus from the moment […] September 18 His Temptation And Ours “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 Until we are born again, the only kind of temptation we understand is that mentioned by […] |
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