Acts 26:18 (NIV)
18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness
to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive
forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in
me.’
Happy is the man who has learned the secret of coming to God
in daily prayer. Fifteen minutes alone with God every morning before you start
the day can change circumstances and remove mountains! But all of this
happiness and all of these unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of
heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and
absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child. Only His children
are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in
order to be His child, there must be the surrender of the will to Him. Man does
not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith, through
grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot
moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It
comes as a gift of God through Christ.
Thought for today:
Is God a part of my daily routine?
No comments:
Post a Comment