[Songs in the Night - March 2]
Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger. John 6:35
ONLY by partaking largely, regularly, daily, of our
Lord, his merit, and his gracious arrangements for us,
can we become strong in him, and prosecute the journey
faithfully and enter into the spiritual Canaan.
As
every Israelite was required to gather manna for himself,
so each Christian is required to gather and appropriate
the truth.
We must do our own part along
spiritual lines, as well as along earthly lines.
The
graces of the Holy Spirit cannot be expected to come
to perfection without preparatory planting, pruning,
cultivating.
Some one has well said, "Rooming at a
college does not make a scholar, nor occupying a pew
in church make a Christian."
To grow strong in the
Lord and in the power of his might we must feed upon
him daily—we must appreciate and appropriate the
merits of his sacrifice. Z'13-218 R5279:4 (Hymn 189)