August 4th.
Created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Eph. ii. 10.
Let us ask Him to work in us to will those good works, so that our will, without being impaired in its free operation, may be permeated and moulded by His will, just as light suffuses the atmosphere without displacing it. And let us also expect that He will infuse into us sufficient strength that we may be able to do His will unto all pleasing. Thus, day by day, our life will be a manifestation of those holy volitions and lovely deeds which shall attest the indwelling and inworking of God. And men shall see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven.—F. B. Meyer.
August 5th.
Go in this thy might . . . have not I sent thee? Judges vi. 14.
God never leaves His child to fail when in the path of obedience.—Theodore Cuyler.
August 6th.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. iii. 2.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Eccles. ix. 10.
If we are to live separate from the world, how, since men only do well what they do with a will, are we, with affections fixed on things above, to perform aright the secular, ordinary duties of life? If our hearts are engrossed with heavenly things, how are we to obey this other, and equally divine, commandment, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might"?