Conqueror Claiming His Victory
He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.—Isaiah 40:29 It is Satan’s special device to lead human beings into sin, and then leave them, helpless and trembling, fearing to seek for pardon. But why should we fear, when God has said, “Let him take hold of My […]
Beloved
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.—Galatians 6:14 The consecrated messengers who in the early days of Christianity carried to a perishing world the glad tidings of salvation, allowed no thought of […]
Author of the Resurrection
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”—John 11:25 Jesus encouraged her faith, saying, “Thy brother shall rise again.” His answer was not intended to inspire hope of an immediate change. He carried Martha’s thoughts beyond the present restoration of […]
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.—Ephesians 6:10 The Christian must be upright while dwelling with the corrupt and with traitors. With a heart true to God, and imbued with His Spirit, he will see much to grieve over while surrounded by commandment-breakers—those who are on the […]
Author of Our Being
“For in Him we live and move and have our being.”—Acts 17:28 In tilling the soil, in disciplining and subduing the land, lessons may constantly be learned. No one would think of settling upon a raw piece of land, expecting it at once to yield a harvest. Earnestness, diligence, and persevering labor are to be […]
Great Master Artist
“Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”—Matthew 6:29 Christ taught His disciples that the measure of divine attention bestowed on any of God’s work is proportionate to the rank which that object occupies in the scale of creation. The little brown sparrow, apparently the most inferior of birds, is […]
