Full or Empty?

 

  I know how to abound

        Phil. 4:12

It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less severe trial to the Christian than the refining-pot of prosperity. It needs more than human skill to carry the brimming cup of mortal joy with a steady hand; yet Paul had learned that skill, for he declares, “In all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry.” When we have much of God’s providential mercies it often happens that we have but little of God’s grace; satisfied with earth, we are content to do without Heaven. Rest assured, it is harder to know how to be full than it is to know how to be hungry, so desperate is the tendency of human nature to pride and forgetfulness of God. Take care that you ask in your prayers that God would teach you “how to be full.”

Spurgeon

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

I know what it is to have enough to survive and also what having nothing but a can of soup on the shelf to feed a wife, a baby daughter and self is like. It is harder to remember that having enough to survive is harder when giving thanks and remembering that the Lord has blessed me in all things. In times of bounty give thanks that you are taught that poverty is also just around the corner.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."

It is good

 

  God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness

        Gen. 1:4

No sooner is there a good thing in the world than a division is necessary. Light and darkness have no communion; God has divided them, let us not confound them. Sons of light must not have fellowship with deeds, doctrines, or deceits of darkness. The children of the day must be sober, honest, and bold in their Lord’s work, leaving the works of darkness to those who shall dwell in it forever.

We should by our distinct separation from the world divide the light from the darkness. In judgment, in action, in hearing, in teaching, in association, we must discern between the precious and the vile, and maintain the great distinction which the Lord made upon the world’s first day.

O Lord Jesus, be Thou our light throughout the whole of this day, for Thy light is the light of men.

Spurgeon

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

Yes, this was part of the creation in the book Genesis. It is also what the Lord is doing in the hearts and souls of mankind. Of this He declares "It is good." The light shining from us when we follow Him is the beacon of His presence in us as poof of His spirit in us. It shows the world we do not belong to this world but the world to come.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."