Category: Devotion of the Day

Devotion of the Day

TALK AND WALK

Are ye not carnal, and walk as men.
I Corinthians 3:3

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
I John 2:6

Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16

We are too much inclined to excuse strife and schism in our churches by saying, “Too err is human; no church is perfect.” God has made provision for victory over the flesh, in both the individual and the collective life of His people. We may have been born the first time with bad tempers, but we have been born again, and the New Adam can conquer the Old. We have no right to accept the miserable divisions and tumults among believers today as though such were a normal condition. It is subnormal and abnormal. If we say we abide in Him we ought to walk as He walked, and we can if we walk in the Spirit.

We are not to walk as men but as saints. “We are all human” is the alibi of backsliders. We have been raised from a human to a heavenly level. If we say we abide in Him we ought to walk as He walked. Our walk should square with our talk.

Devotion of the Day

TAKING NO CHANCES

I know whom I have believed.
II Timothy 1:12

Once in a while somebody speaks of “staking all on Christ,” or risking everything on God’s promises, as though it were a glorified gamble. But we are not gambling when we venture on God’s Word. Staking something on an uncertainty is a gamble, but when we commit to Christ we are depending on an absolute certainty that cannot fail. It is one thing trying to get on by auto-suggestion, trying to imagine what may or may not be actually true. It is another thing venturing on something we know is true, though sometimes it may not be real to us. Then we may with confidence live as though it were true because it is.

God’s promises are true, forever settled in heaven. Jesus is true. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but never His words. Paul knew whom he trusted. There is no chance about it, but absolute certainty. We are risking nothing when we trust Him. He will keep the deposit.