[Songs in the Night - July 17]
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,...and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing. Malachi 3:10
IT BEHOOVES us, dear friends, to look about us to
note to what extent we have been faithful to our covenant
of sacrifice and to remember that it is not a
sacrifice for a day or a year, but "even unto death."
A little while and the trials will be over, but until
that little while is past we are in the trial time,
and it is proving us either worthy or unworthy of the
glorious favors which we seek, the chief blessing,
joint-heirship.
If we appreciate it let us seek it in the
Lord's way, let us see to what extent there are other
things in our lives that we might render unto the Lord
and which he will accept, not through the worthiness
of the deeds or the sacrifices, but through the merit of
Christ.
Let us see if the days and hours as they pass
are spent in a consecrated manner; let us note to what
extent moments and days are spent in some selfish
manner, or wasted upon others beyond the reasonable
requirements of duty as marked out in the divine
Word.
Let us see to what extent we perform our vows
unto the Lord; let us take note of what of time or influence
or money we are using in the divine service
and what proportion this bears to the whole. Z'05-380 R3685:5 (Hymn 177)