June 24 “Concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” (Isa. 45:11.) OUR Lord spoke in this tone when He said, “Father, I will.” Joshua used it when, in the supreme moment of triumph, he lifted up his spear toward the setting sun, and cried, “Sun, stand thou still!”Read More …

“When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked, on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.” (Matt. 14:29, 30.) PETER had a little faith in the midst ofRead More …

June 22 “Love covereth.” (Prov. 10:12.) “Be eager in pursuit of this love.” (1 Cor. 13:7-13.) (Weymouth.) REHEARSE your troubles to God only. Not long ago I read in a paper a bit of personal experience from a precious child of God, and it made such an impression upon meRead More …

“It was noised that he was in the house.” (Mark 2:1.) THE polyps which construct the coral reefs, work away under water, never dreaming that they are building the foundation of a new island on which, by-and-by, plants and animals will live and children of God be born and fittedRead More …

“Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying:, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” (Isa. 30:21.) WHEN we are in doubt or difficulty, when many voices urge this course or the other, whenRead More …

“Bread corn is bruised.” (Isa. 28:28.) MANY of us cannot be used to become food for the world’s hunger until we are broken in Christ’s hands. “Bread corn is bruised.” Christ’s blessing ofttimes means sorrow, but even sorrow is not too great a price to pay for the privilege ofRead More …

“Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.” (Heb. 12:12, 13.) THIS is God’s word of encouragement to us to lift upRead More …

“And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.” (Ezek. 1:25.) THAT is the letting down of the wings? People so often say, “How do you get the voice of the Lord?” Here is the secret. TheyRead More …

“My expectation is from him.” (Psalm 62:5.) OUR too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without the harvest; a marksman will observe whether the ball hits the target; a physician watchesRead More …

June 15 “For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” (Gen. 41:52.) THE summer showers are falling. The poet stands by the window watching them. They are beating and buffeting the earth with their fierce downpour. But the poet sees in his imaginings more than theRead More …