[Manna - July 30]
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines. Canticles 2:15
MANY deal slackly with themselves in respect to little violations of their consecration vow, saying,—"What's the use of such carefulness and so different
a life from that of the world in general?"
Ah! there
is great use in it, for victories in little things prepare
for greater things and make them possible: and on the
contrary, surrender to the will of the flesh in the little
things means sure defeat in the warfare as a whole.
We who have become "New Creatures," reckonedly,
in Christ, know that we are to be tested (if our
testings have not already commenced), and should
realize that only as we practice self-denials in the
little things of life, and mortify (deaden) the natural
cravings of our flesh in respect to food, clothing, conduct,
etc., will we become strong spiritually and be
able to "overcome." Z.'99-172 R2496:6