Intimate with Jesus
Have I been so long with you, and yet hast thou not known Me? John 14:9. These words are not spoken as a rebuke, nor even with surprise; Jesus is leading Philip on. The last One with whom we get…
Worship
And he pitched his tent having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he builded an altar. Genesis 12:8. Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with…
The afterwards of the life of power
Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards. John 13:36. “And when He had spoken this, He saith unto him, Follow Me.” Three years before, Jesus had said—“Follow Me,” and Peter had followed…
Why cannot I follow thee now?
Peter said unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow Thee now? John 13:37. There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, see that you do not…
Clouds and darkness
Clouds and darkness are round about Him. Psalm 97:2. A man who has not been born of the Spirit of God will tell you that the teachings of Jesus are simple. But when you are baptized with the Holy Ghost,…
Will you go out without knowing?
He went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8. Have you been ‘out’ in this way? If so, there is no logical statement possible when anyone asks you what you are doing. One of the difficulties in Christian work…
Let us keep to the point
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.…
Yesterday
The God of Israel will be your rereward. Isaiah 52:12. Security from Yesterday. “God requireth that which is past.” At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety…
“And every virtue we possess”
All my springs are in thee. Psalm 87:7. Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He remakes the whole man on the inside. “Put on the new man”—see that your natural human life puts on the garb that is…
Deserter or disciple?
From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him. John 6:66. When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it,…