Gems for the Week
November 25
"For we have not an high priest which
cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need."
(Hebrews
4:15,16)
You will find
that there are many who will feel for you. There are very few, if indeed
any, who can feel with you. How few there are who are free enough
from themselves to say to you, "I feel much with you, I have traversed that
path, I have passed through those circumstances; my heart has entered into all
that."
And that is just
what is so blessed in its perfection about Christ - that He came down here
and went through the circumstances in order that He might be able to feel with
His poor saints when in them! (TCN)
N.J. Hiebert # 3534
November 26
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore
get wisdom . . . Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding."
(Proverbs 4:7;3:5)
There is a difference between intelligence
and wisdom. Intelligence is of the earth; wisdom is a gift of God.
Our senses give us information about the world around us. The better a
person handles that which his senses convey to him, the more intelligent he
is. Wisdom is the gift to recognize God's presence in every situation
and to act accordingly.
To the intelligent person, wisdom often
seems foolish, because it acts and thinks in a different way from that which
intelligence may demand. Intelligence gives outward prosperity; wisdom
gives inward peace. Intelligence is concerned with this
world, wisdom with the future world as well as this present world. That is
why we can pray for wisdom. (Corrie Ten Boom - This Day is
the Lord's)
November 27
"I am the door: by Me if any man enter
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."
(John 10:9)
"I am the Door," the words are but
four,
Millions are in but there's room for
more,
The door's open wide, come right inside, and
you will be saved.
(Unknown)
A door. What a simple and wonderful image to
communicate to us the work of Christ. Every day we face many types of
doors: open doors, closed doors, revolving doors, plain doors, decorated doors,
large and small doors. Every dwelling place, great or humble has
one. We all understand that to enter, all we have to do is go through the
door. Heaven has a door too - Jesus Christ. Will you enter through
Him? There is no other way. (Duncan
Maxwell)
N.J. Hiebert # 3536
