[Manna - May 30]
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. Romans 12:12
HERE is an important part of the great battle of the
Christian's life.
He must fight the natural tendencies
of the old nature and confidently anticipate the victory
in the strength of the great Captain of his Salvation.
He must not succumb to the flattering and deceptive
influences of prosperity, nor faint under the burdens
of adversity.
He must not allow the trials of life to
sour and harden his disposition, to make him morose,
or surly, or bitter, or unkind.
Nor may he allow
pride or ostentation or self-righteousness to grow and
feed upon the temporal good things which the Lord's
providence has granted him to test his faithfulness as
a steward. Z.'95-20 R1759:3