[Manna - February 13]
Love thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13:5
WHOEVER neglects the Lord's commands along
this line of "evil surmisings" weaves a web for his own
ensnarement, however "circumspectly" he may walk
as respects other matters; for a heart impregnated
with doubt and suspicion toward fellow creatures is
more than half prepared to doubt God: the spirit of
sourness and bitterness is at war with the spirit of
the Lord, the spirit of love.
Either the one or the
other will conquer.
The wrong spirit must be gotten
rid of, or it will defile the new creature and make of
him a "castaway."
On the contrary, if the new nature
conquer, as an "overcomer," it will be along this line:
if evil surmisings are overcome, half the battle against
present difficulties and besetments is won. Z.'98-84 R3594:2