[Manna - February 9]
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. Psalm 116:7
THE Christian's habit of thought has much indeed
to do with his spiritual progress or retrogression, as it
is also an index of his spiritual state; and good habits
of thought need to be carefully cultivated.
By
"habit of thought" we mean that normal condition to
which the mind habitually returns in the moments of
mental leisure.
While engaged in the active duties of
life we must of necessity bend our mental energies to
the work in hand, for if we do anything merely mechanically
and without concentrating thought upon it
we cannot do it well; yet even here Christian principle,
well established in the character, will unconsciously
guide.
But when the strain of labor and care
are lifted for a time, the established habit of thought,
like the needle to the pole, should quickly return to
its rest in God. Z.'95-250 R1885:5