Gems to consider
June 27 - 28
"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name." (Philippians 2:9)
Recently I met a colleague with whom I had worked over 30 years ago. As we greeted each other, he said to me, "I remember your face, but I've forgotten your name." As I left him I thought, how different with the Lord Jesus. We know nothing of His physical appearance, but we know His name. How could we ever forget it! Scripture abounds in its exaltation, lifting it above all others. And by the grace of God, we can say with all our hearts, His name is Jesus; my Saviour and my God. (Drew Craig)
There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music in my ear, The sweetest name on earth (F. Whitfield)
N.J. Hiebert # 2292
"Occupy Till I come." (Luke 19:13)
What the Lord desires in His people is wholeheartedness for Himself. This does not imply separation from the ordinary occupations of the world. But the question is whether these occupations entangle the heart and become our objects; or whether, while pursuing these occupations, the heart is still free for Christ. Is getting on in the world what fills our thoughts? or, are we, while providing all things honest in the sight of all men, really living among men and before men as those who are not their own, but bought with a price - as those who, being constrained by the love of Christ, are seeking, however feebly, to live not unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again? (T.B.B.)
N.J. Hiebert # 2293
