Weighing in for Heaven
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Job 31:6. True measure is everything. It is the very law of God. He puts His law into the least of men’s acts and dealings, that learning and living it they may be elevated, ennobled, and sanctified in heart and affection—faithful […]
A Complete Rule of Life
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. Revelation 11:19. Our Redeemer testifies: “Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.” Revelation 3:8. Through this open door into the temple of God, we see the […]
God’s Law a Wall of Protection
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:1. God, the great governor of the universe, has put everything under law. The tiny flower and the towering oak, the grain of sand and the mighty ocean, sunshine and shower, wind and rain, all obey nature’s laws. But […]
On the Mount Before God
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. 1 Kings 19:11. This command comes to every one of us who is looking to his discouragements and mourning over his frailties and giving to the world an example of distrust of God, refusing to look and live…. You please the enemy […]
Mementos in Memory’s Halls
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 1 Samuel 7:12. There is more encouragement to us in the least blessing which we receive ourselves than in reading biographical works relating to the faith and experience of […]
Wait for God’s Answer
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26. There are precious promises in the Scriptures to those who wait upon the Lord. We all desire an immediate answer to our prayers, and we are tempted to become discouraged if our prayer is not […]
