His kingdom ruleth over all—therefore thou canst find nothing which is not matter for praise, since there is nothing which is not the matter of thy Lord's gracious permission, or planning, or control. Over all—nowhere canst thou step outside His realm, nor in anything get beyond His care and government. Over all—therefore take all as from God; hold all as from God; and by thy gratitude give all back to God again, and thus complete the circle, making Him the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending of all things.—Mark Guy Pearse.
May 25th.
If we suffer we shall also reign with Him. 2 Tim. ii. 12.
The highest bidder for the crown of glory is the lowliest wearer of the cross of self-denial.—A. J. Gordon.
May 26th.
Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. iv. 23.
He who would keep his heart pure and holy, must plant a sentinel at every avenue by which sin may find access there, guarding against none more than the "little" sins, as they are called.
The man of God has his eyes to keep, and so Job said, "I have made a covenant with mine eyes"—his tongue, and hence the exhortation, "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile"—his ears, and hence the warning, "Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err"—his feet, and hence David says, "I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Thy word." And since there is no gate of the five senses by which the enemy may not come in like a flood, unless the Spirit lift up a standard against him, we have need to guard every port, and write over every portal, "Here there entereth nothing to hurt or to defile."—Guthrie.
May 27th.
Whatsoever ye do, . . . do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Col. iii. 17.