[Manna - January 1]
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of His praise to be heard: which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. Psalm 66:8,9
THANKS be to God that His grace has preserved us,
"kept us from falling," through another year:—that so
many of us are still of one heart and of one mind in respect
to His Word and its service!
When we remember
that the Adversary is to be permitted to bring "strong
delusions" upon the Lord's people for the very purpose
of sifting out all not truly His (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12),
it should surely call forth our thanks to God that
the opening of another year finds us still standing
fast,—appreciating the Truth, and in full accord with
all the divine appointments by which He has kept
us from falling. Z.'03-3 R3125:2