My devotions this morning from The Christians Secret to a Holy Life included, in part, some of the following. It was taken from a letter to a friend. I was also reading from John 14 and found that several verses (mainly 16, 21 & 23) enhanced my readings this morning. Enjoy…
Don’t be discouraged at any form of temptation which threatens you, but always look to Jesus, and ask Him to meet and overcome it by His own wisdom and power. I think I am learning more and more of what utter trust means. Having naturally some feeling of personal ability and good sense, it has always been a temptation for me to rely on these and to feel that I wouldn’t be likely to lose my balance whatever happened. But I have seen recently that even my natural abilities must be laid aside in this life of death to self, and that I must really and practically have all my resources in the Lord only.
I do not know whether I am making myself clear, but in my experience this has been very real. It has cost me something to lay aside my old dependence upon my own judgment and good sense, and to let myself be a helpless in the Lord’s hands. But it is unspeakably sweet when it is done. And I believe it is to me the opening up of a life of conscious union with my Lord such as I have never known before. I seem to have sunk into unfathomed depths of littleness and nothingness, and to have found the Lord there in a more real and actual consciousness than ever before.
I am almost finished with Joel’s Rosenberg’s book…Epic Center. I finished a book given to me by Betty Ringeisen entitled Sheep in Wolves Clothing by Valerie McIntyre. Anyone in Care Giving should read and take to heart the testimony of Valerie. Very well written and very informative. Blessings to you today…
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