Teach us, O LORD

"And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." -Romans 8:27 [KJV]

God's will must ever stand, it is as unchanging and as unchangeable as God Himself. Our wills are ever fluctuating; God's will fluctuates not. And as that will must ever live and rule, it will be our highest wisdom and richest mercy to submit to, and be conformed unto it. Now the will of God to you who desire to fear His name is not your destruction, but your salvation; your profit now, your happiness hereafter; your present grace, and eternal glory. And the Spirit is making intercession for you according to the will of God; for is it not your earnest desire and prayer that your soul should be saved and blessed, that you should serve God and live to His glory, and when you die be with Him for ever?  

Lie, then, at His feet. Be the clay, and let Him be your heavenly Potter. Think not of saving yourself, or of putting your own hand to God's gracious work. Be content to be nothing. Sink even lower than that; be willing to be less than nothing, that Christ may be all in all. Covet above all things the Spirit's interceding breath; for in possessing that you will have a sure pledge that He will guide you in life, support you in death, and land you in glory. With His guidance we can never err; with His supporting arms we can never fall; taught by Him we shall see the path of life plainly; upheld by His strength we shall walk in it without fear.  

Without His light we are dark; without His life we are dead; without His teaching we are but a mass of ignorance and folly. We cannot find the way except He guide; but if He do guide, we cannot but find it. The more we confide in His teaching and guidance the better it will be for us; and the more that under this teaching we can lie submissively at the Lord's feet, looking up to Him for His will to be made known in us and perfected in us, the more it will be for our present peace, and the more it will redound to His eternal praise. 

-preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.) 

December 23rd, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES




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