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One Day at a Time, August 8
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be for ever.
Psalm 37:18
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The talent of time is precious. Every day it is given to us in trust, and
we shall be called upon to give an account of it to God.
Day by day we are all to be trained, disciplined, and educated for
usefulness in this life. Only one day at a time—think of this. One day is
mine. I will in this one day do my best. I will use my talent of speech to
be a blessing to some other one, a helper, a comforter, an example which
the Lord my Saviour shall approve. I will exercise myself in patience,
kindness, forbearance, that the Christian virtues may be developed in me
today.
If you are right with God today, you are ready if Christ should come
today. What we need is Christ formed within, the hope of glory. We want
that you should have a deep and earnest longing for the righteousness of
Jesus Christ. Your old, tattered garments of self-righteousness will not
give you an entrance into the kingdom of God, but the garment that is
woven in the loom of heaven—the righteousness of Jesus Christ—will.
It will give you an inheritance among the sanctified. That is what we
want. It is worth more than all worldly gain; it is worth more than all your
farms; it is worth more than all the honor that finite beings can bestow
upon you....
Are you individually daily preparing that you can unite with the family
of heaven? Are you quarrelsome here? Are you finding fault with your
household here? If you are, you will find fault with them in heaven. Your
character is being tested and proved in this life, whether you will make a
peaceable subject of God’s kingdom in heaven.
The Lord requires us to perform the duties of today and to endure its
trials. We are today to watch that we offend not in word or deed. We must
today praise and honor God. By the exercise of living faith today, we
are to conquer the enemy. We must today seek God and be determined
that we will not rest satisfied without His presence. We should watch and
work and pray as though this were the last day that would be granted us.
How intensely earnest, then, would be our life. How closely would we
follow Jesus in all our words and deeds.
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