Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 3
Devotional: January 21st

Resource Toolbox

Jeremiah 9:12—Who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it?

A saintly soul has translated these words into music, which expresses their inner thought:—

"Lord, speak to me, that I may speak

In living echoes of thy tone:

As Thou hast sought, so let me seek

Thy erring children, lost and lone.

"O teach me, Lord, that I may teach

The precious things Thou dost impart:

And wing my words, that they may reach

The hidden depths of many a heart."

With such expressions of the disciples of the Lord, we should couple his sublime words: "Be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you." And again He said: "What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops." Often we have run before we were sent. We have spoken our own message, and it has fallen flat and powerless. We have elaborated our sentences with careful art, but they have been lighter than vanity, for want of the King’s word, in which alone there is power.

Let us amend our ways, and wait on Him for his word, going forth to speak it with an authority which can only be obtained when one has the consciousness of a Thus with the Lord. We may have to go into the darkness of pain and sorrow, or hide in the closet far from the rush of the world, and the clamour of human voices; but we shall hear Him speak, as the prophet Elijah did at Horeb, when the still, small voice filled the cave with its thrilling cadence.

Subscribe …
Get the latest devotional delivered straight to your inbox every week by signing up for the "Our Daily Homily - Volume 3" subscription list. Simply provide your email address below, click on "Subscribe!", and you'll receive a confirmation email from us. Follow the instructions in the email to confirm your subscription to this list.
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile