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Kindness, March 13
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness.
Proverbs 31:26
.
The Lord will help every one of us where we need help the most in the
grand work of overcoming and conquering self. Let the law of kindness be
upon your lips and the oil of grace in your heart. This will produce wonderful
results. You will be tender, sympathetic, courteous. You need all these graces.
The Holy Spirit must be received and brought into your character; then it will
be as holy fire, giving forth incense which will rise up to God, not from lips
that condemn, but as a healer of the souls of men. Your countenance will
express the image of the divine.
No sharp, critical, blunt, or severe words should be spoken. This is
common fire, and must be left out of all our councils and intercourse with our
brethren. God requires every soul in His service to kindle their censers from
the coals of sacred fire. The common, severe, harsh words that come from
your lips so readily must be withheld, and the Spirit of God speak through the
human agent. By beholding the character of Christ you will become changed
into His likeness. The grace of Christ alone can change your heart and then
you will reflect the image of the Lord Jesus. God calls upon us to be like
Him—pure, holy, and undefiled. We are to bear the divine image.—
The SDA
Bible Commentary, 3:1164
, Ellen G. White Comments.
We may talk of the blessings of the Holy Spirit, and pray in regard to
receiving them; but unless the human agent is worked by the Spirit of God, He
reveals that he has Him not. When the Spirit molds and fashions the character
after the divine similitude, He will be unmistakably revealed in every word
we speak and in everything we do, showing to the world that there is a marked
difference between the children of light and the children of darkness. The
Lord wants us to stand stiffly for the faith once delivered to the saints. We are
to speak the truth in love. Our great Teacher says, “Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (
Matthew 11:29,
30
).—
Letter 84, 1899
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