NOVEMBER 6

“Ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit.“—Romans viii. 23.

But the first fruits were not the harvest, and the works of the Spirit in us at this moment, are not the consummation—the perfection is yet to come. We must not boast that we have attained, and so reckon the wave-sheaf to be all the produce of the year: we must hunger and thirst after righteousness, and pant for the day of full redemption. Dear reader, this day open your heart wide, and God will fill it. Groan within yourself for higher degrees of consecration, and your Lord will grant them to you, for he is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we ask, or even think.