Gems from February 4-6, 2005
February 4
"He that believeth shall not make haste." (Isaiah 28:16)
How little we realize the magnitude of the fact that God is our Father. If a man had an emperor for his father he would not go to a peasant to ask for help. We cannot naturally bear the delay and suspense to which we are subjected in turning to God. But the delay is simply to test our faith. (Footprints for Pilgrims)
N.J. Hiebert # 2150
February 5
"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)
The eye that is most anointed will not be the first to see failure in others, and the soul that knows most of walking under the yoke with the Master will not be the first to undertake the putting right, according to its own mind, of what halts and limps in others. (G.V. Wigram)
N.J. Hiebert # 2151
February 6
"And when He rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping." (Luke 22:45)
They were His thought, not He theirs. He their thought! They could not watch with Him one hour. So it is now. "He ever liveth to make intercession for us"; do we "ever live" to love Him, to serve Him? He ever lives for you; do you live ever for Him? (J.G. Bellett)
N.J. Hiebert # 2152
