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Get Acquainted with God, August 22
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come
unto thee.
Job 22:21
.
Love for God should lead us to find true enjoyment in learning and doing His
will. Thus we become every day better prepared to be overcomers, examples of
the power that heavenly grace has to uplift and ennoble human beings. Christ was
tempted in all points like as we are, yet He overcame. And today He waits to hear
and answer the earnest requests of His children for the grace that will enable them
to overcome.
Be polite to those with whom you come in contact; thus you will be polite
to God. Praise Him for His goodness; thus you are witnesses for Him, and you
are preparing for the society of the angels. You are learning in this world how to
conduct yourselves in the family of Christ in heaven.
Lose no time in becoming acquainted with the principles that the children of
God must follow. We are here to copy the character of Christ, to become familiar
with His gentleness, His lowliness. This will place us where our record will be,
“Ye are complete in him.” (
Colossians 2:10
). By patience, kindness, forbearance,
we are to show that we are not of the world, that day by day we are learning the
lessons that will fit us to enter the higher school.
When God’s redeemed ones are called to heaven, they will not leave behind
the advancement they have made in this life by beholding Christ. They will go on,
learning more and still more of God. They will carry their spiritual attainments
into the courts above, leaving nothing of heavenly origin in this world. As the
books of heaven are opened, each overcomer is assigned his lot and place in
heaven, in accordance with the advancement he has made in this life.
The sons and daughters of God are led to persevere in the work of overcoming
by the daily realization that they need to be taught by the Holy Spirit the good and
righteous way. No sham work enters into their service. Every day they realize that
they must hold fast the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end. When one
deviates from the right way, the Holy Spirit, working on his mind, leads him to
confess his error so that others will be warned against the same mistake. No one
is to feel that his position is so exalted that he need not acknowledge his faults,
lest others place a low estimate upon him....
Never should a man ... be too proud to make the acknowledgment, “I have
erred.” The least he can do, after he has sinned, is to show his sorrow and re-
pentance. Men who do this will be honored by God, even though they make
mistakes.—
Manuscript 31, August 22, 1903
, “Lessons From the Third Chapter of
First John.”
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