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I Give My Heart, January 3
Consecration in My Life
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Proverbs 23:26
The Lord says to every one of you, “My son, give Me thine heart.”
He sees your disorders. He knows that your soul is diseased with sin, and
He desires to say to you, “Thy sins are forgiven.” The Great Physician
has a remedy for every ill. He understands your case. Whatever may
have been your errors, He knows how to deal with them. Will you not
trust yourself to Him?
The blessing of God will rest upon every soul that makes a full
consecration to Him. When we seek for God with all the heart, we shall
find Him. God is in earnest with us, and He wants us to make thorough
work for eternity. He has poured out all heaven in one gift, and there is
no reason why we should doubt His love. Look to Calvary....
God asks you to give Him your heart. Your powers, your talents,
your affections, should all be surrendered to Him, that He may work in
you to will and to do of His good pleasure, and fit you for eternal life.
When Christ dwells in the heart, the soul will be so filled with His
love, with the joy of communion with Him, that it will cleave to Him;
and in the contemplation of Him, self will be forgotten. Love to Christ
will be the spring of action. Those who feel the constraining love of God,
do not ask how little may be given to meet the requirements of God; they
do not ask for the lowest standard, but aim at perfect conformity to the
will of their Redeemer. With earnest desire they yield all, and manifest
an interest proportionate to the value of the object which they seek.
It is the submissive, teachable spirit that God wants. That which
gives to prayer its excellence is the fact that it is breathed from a loving,
obedient heart.
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