Scripture: 1 Kings 8:54-61
Journal: What are your “musts” these days?
What are God’s “musts” for you?
Reflection:
We who have heard the call of our God to a
life of entire consecration and perfect trust, must do differently from all
this. We must come out from the world
and be separate, and must not be conformed to it in our characters or in our
lives. We must set our affections on
heavenly things and not on earthly ones, and must seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, surrendering everything that would interfere with
this. We must walk through the world as
Christ walked. We must have the mind
that was in Him. As pilgrims and
strangers, we must abstain from lusts of the flesh that war against the
soul. As good soldiers of Christ, we
must disentangle ourselves from the affairs of this life as far as possible,
that we may please Him who hath chosen us to be soldiers. We must abstain from all appearance of
evil. We must be kind to one another,
tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ’s sake, hath
forgiven us. We must not resent injuries
of unkindness, but must return good for evil, and turn the other cheek to the
hand that smites us. We must take always
the lowest place among our fellow-men; and seek not our own honor, but the
honor of others. We must be gentle and
meek and yielding, not standing up for our own rights but for the rights of
others. We must do all that we do for
the glory of God. And, to sum it all up,
since He who hath called us is holy, so must we be holy in all manner of
conversation; because it is written, “Be ye holy, for I am holy.” (The
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Lord, I am yours; I do yield myself up entirely
to you, and I believe that you do take me.
I leave myself with you. Work in
me all the good pleasure of your will, and I will only lie still in your hands
and trust you. Amen. (The
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
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