Look again and think
Take no thought for your life. Matthew 6:25. A warning which needs to be reiterated is that the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, will choke all that God puts…
Look again and consecrate
If God so clothe the grass of the field, . . . shall He not much more clothe you? Matthew 6:30. A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple. How are we…
Leave room for God
But when it pleased God . . . . Gal. 1:15. As workers for God we have to learn to make room for God— to give God ‘elbow room.’ We calculate and estimate, and say that this and that will…
The overmastering direction
I have appeared unto thee for this purpose. Acts 26:16. The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was no passing emotion, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him, and he says—“I was not…
Transformed by insight
We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image. 2 Cor. 3:18. The outstanding characteristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life…
What am I looking at?
Look unto Me, and be ye saved. Isaiah 45:22. Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says—‘Look unto Me, and be saved.’ The great difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and…
Recall what God remembers
I remember . . . the kindness of thy youth. Jeremiah 2:2. Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the…
Are you fresh for everything?
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3. Sometimes we are fresh for a prayer meeting but not fresh for cleaning boots! Being born again of the Spirit is an unmistakable work of…
Vision and darkness
An horror of great darkness fell upon him. Genesis 15:12. Whenever God gives a vision to a saint, He puts him, as it were, in the shadow of His hand, and the saint’s duty is to be still and listen.…
It is the Lord!
Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. John 20:28. “Give Me to drink.” How many of us are set upon Jesus Christ slaking our thirst when we ought to be satisfying Him? We should be pouring…