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Recount God’s Goodness, February 16
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalm 50:23
.
[God] desires us to appreciate the great plan of redemption, to realize our high
privilege as the people of God, and to walk before Him in obedience, with grateful
thanksgiving. He desires us to serve Him in newness of life, with gladness every
day. He longs to see gratitude welling up in our hearts because we have access to
the mercy seat, the throne of grace; because our names are written in the Lamb’s
book of life; because we may cast all our care on Him who cares for us. He bids
us rejoice because we are the heritage of the Lord, because the righteousness of
Christ is the robe of His saints, because we have the blessed hope of the soon
coming of our Saviour.
To praise God in fullness and sincerity of heart is as much a duty as is prayer.
We are to show to all the heavenly intelligences that we appreciate the wonderful
love of God for fallen humanity, and that we are expecting larger and yet larger
blessings from His infinite fullness. Far more than we do, we need to speak of the
precious chapters in our experience. After a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
our joy in the Lord and our efficiency in His service will be greatly increased by
recounting His goodness and His wonderful works in behalf of His children.
Such a testimony will have an influence upon others. No more effective means
can we employ for winning souls to Christ. And our love is to be shown, not only
in words, but in deeds, in personal ministry and sacrifice. Christ says, “Not every
one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” (
Matthew 7:21
).
In His prayer to His Father, He said of His disciples, “As thou hast sent me
into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world” (
John 17:18
)....
And by the Holy Spirit through the apostle Peter, we are admonished, “As
every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (
1 Peter 4:10
).
Thus it is that God desires to fulfill for us His purpose of grace. By the
power of His love, through obedience, fallen man, a worm of the dust, is to be
transformed, fitted to be a member of the heavenly family, a companion through
eternal ages of God and Christ and the holy angels. Heaven will triumph, for the
vacancies made by the fall of Satan and his host will be filled by the redeemed of
the Lord.—
Manuscript 21, February 16, 1900
, “God’s Love Manifested.”
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