The Twenty Ninth of September. AMONG WHOM YE SHINE --- Philippians 2:15. "Abstain from all appearance of evil." --- 1 Thessalonians 5:22. "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world." --- Philippians 2:15. Lord, I desire to shine in good works, the genuine fruits of faith; therefore will I give myself up to thee, to purge me that I may bring forth more fruit. Looking upon myself as thine, I would not only abstain from evil, but the very appearance of it. Some are satisfied with knowing they are blameless, and care not what others think of them; but, for the gospels sake, I desire to appear blameless before others, lest some offence should come through me; which, as far as in me lieth, I would prevent. Thy children, O God, are as lights in the world. O, pour thy grace, that heavenly oil, into my lamp, and so trim it that it may give light unto all around, that they may be led to glorify thy holy name.
O Lord, my stubborn will subdue,
Be heaven now my soul's abode; Devotion for September 29 |