Category Archives: Bible

January 9 “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Rom. 8:18.) I KEPT for nearly a year the flask-shaped cocoon of an emperor moth. It is very peculiar in its construction. A narrow opening is left inContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 8 “I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.” (Ezek. 34:26.) WHAT is thy season this morning? Is it a season of drought? Then that is the season for showers. Is it a season of great heaviness and black clouds? Then that is the seasonContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 7 “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” (Phil. 4:11.) PAUL, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying. He asked the oak that stood nearContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 6 “When thou passest through the waters … they shall not overflow thee.” (Isa. 43:2.) GOD does not open paths for us in advance of our coming. He does not promise help before help is needed. He does not remove obstacles out of our way before we reach them. Yet when we are onContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 8th Does my sacrifice live? And Abraham built an altar … and bound Isaac his son. Genesis 22:9. This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables usContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”