July 14 “Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.” (Psalm 118:27.) IS not this altar inviting thee? Shall we not ask to be bound to it, that we may never be able to start back from our attitude of consecration? There are times when lifeRead More …

July 13 “God… calleth those things which be not as though they were.” (Rom. 4:17.) WHAT does that mean? Why Abraham did this thing: he dared to believe God. It seemed an impossibility at his age that Abraham should become the father of a child; it looked incredible; and yetRead More …

July 12 “He hath acquainted himself with my beaten path. When he hath searched me out, I shall come out shining.” (Job 23:10, free translation.) FAITH grows amid storms”—just four words, but oh, how full of import to the soul who has been in the storms! Faith is that God-givenRead More …

July 11 “It came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.” (1 Kings 17:7.) WEEK after week, with unfaltering and steadfast spirit, Elijah watched that dwindling brook; often tempted to stagger through unbelief, but refusing to allow hisRead More …

July 10 “I called upon him, but he gave me no answer.” (S. of Sol. 5:6.) THE Lord, when He hath given great faith, hath been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered His servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky. TheyRead More …

July 9 “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” (Isa. 48:10.) DOES not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come—God has chosen me. Poverty,Read More …

July 8 “They snail mount up with wings as eagles.” (Isa. 40:31.) THERE is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to them,Read More …

July 7 “He hath made me a polished shaft.” (Isa. 49:2.) THERE is a very famous “Pebble Beach” at Pescadero, on the California coast. The long line of white surf comes up with its everlasting roar, and rattles and thunders among the stones on the shore. They are caught inRead More …

July 6 “Neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.” (2 Chron. 20:12.) A LIFE was lost in Israel because a pair of human hands were laid unbidden upon the ark of God. They were placed upon it with the best intent, to steady it whenRead More …

July 5 “I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness… And I will give her her vineyards from thence.” (Hosea 2:14, 15.) A STRANGE place to find vineyards—in the wilderness! And can it be that the riches which a soul needs can be obtained in the wilderness, whichRead More …