The worship of the work
Labourers together with God. 1 Cor. 3:9. Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work. The one concern of a worker should be concentration on God,…
The light that fails
We all with open face beholding . . . the glory of the Lord. 2 Cor. 3:18. A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life…
Now don’t hurt the Lord!
Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? John 14:9. Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us—astounded at how un-simple we are. It is opinions of our own which make us…
Can a saint slander God?
For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen. 2 Cor. 1:20. Jesus told the parable of the talents recorded in Matthew 25 as a warning that it is possible for us to misjudge our…
Is it not in the least likely
For Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. 1 Kings 2:28. Joab stood the big test, he remained absolutely loyal and true to David and did not turn after the fascinating and ambitious Absalom, but yet…
Readiness
God called unto him . . . and he said, Here am I. Exodus 3:4. When God speaks, many of us are like men in a fog, we give no answer. Moses’ reply revealed that he was somewhere. Readiness means…
Neck or nothing
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him . . ., and did cast himself into the sea. John 21:7. Have you ever had a crisis in which you deliberately and…
Can you come down?
While ye have light, believe in the light. John 12:36. We all have moments when we feel better than our best, and we say—‘I feel fit for anything; if only I could be like this always!’ We are not meant…
The relapse of concentration
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 2 Chron. 15:17. Asa was incomplete in his external obedience, he was right in the main but not entirely…
Inspired invincibility
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me. Matthew 11:29. “Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth.” How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to bring us into the place where we can have communion with Him, and we…