[Manna - January 19]
O how love I Thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119:97
IT is a great privilege for Christians to study the
Lord's Word, yet a great deal of study is done to no
purpose.
Study which is not put into practice is
worse than a waste of time....Every reasonable opportunity
should be used by the Lord's people to
obtain a knowledge of the divine plan—even to the
extent of sacrificing; but the child of the Lord will
be particular to see that it is his own conveniences
and comforts that he is sacrificing, and not chiefly the
conveniences and comforts of others.
The Bible study
which is done merely at the expense of others is a
sign of selfishness rather than a sign of a rich indwelling
of the Lord's spirit of love. Z.'99-156 R2488:3