[Manna - June 11]
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended. Phil. 3:13
IF any man consider that he has attained a satisfactory
spiritual state, from that moment he may date the
beginning of his spiritual decline.
No present attainments
can be satisfactory to a sincere follower of
Christ who studiously endeavors to copy the perfect
pattern.
It is only when we turn our eyes away from
Christ that self-complacency can be exercised; for in
full view of the pattern our shortcomings are ever
manifest.
And if in pride of heart we do lose sight of
them ourselves, they only become the more manifest
to others.
Only in the realization of a continual growth
into the likeness of Christ should the Christian find
satisfaction. Z.'95-250 R1885:3