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Modern Heroes, March 7
Heroes for God
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 16:32
He has conquered self—the strongest foe man has to meet. The
highest evidence of nobility in a Christian is self-control. He who can
stand unmoved amid a storm of abuse is one of God’s heroes....
He who has learned to rule his spirit will rise above the slights, the
rebuffs, the annoyances to which we are daily exposed, and these will
cease to cast a gloom over his spirit.
It is God’s purpose that the kingly power of sanctified reason, con-
trolled by divine grace, shall bear sway in the lives of human beings. He
who rules his spirit is in possession of this power.
The man or woman who preserves the balance of the mind when
tempted to indulge passion, stands higher in the sight of God and heav-
enly angels than the most renowned general that ever led an army to
battle and to victory.
What young men and women need is Christian heroism. God’s Word
declares that he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.
To rule the spirit means to keep self under discipline.... They need to
seek earnestly to bring into their lives the perfection that is seen in the
life of the Saviour, so that when Christ shall come, they will be prepared
to enter in through the gates into the city of God. God’s abounding love
and presence in the heart will give the power of self-control and will
mold and fashion the mind and character. The grace of Christ in the life
will direct the aims and purposes and capabilities into channels that will
give moral and spiritual power—power which the youth will not have to
leave in this world, but which they can carry with them into the future
life and retain through the eternal ages.
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