the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 25:13. Herein Is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment. 1 John 4:17.
He who does not live in the intoxication of the senses, but is awakened out of the sleep in which the children of the world slumber only too soundly, so numbers his days as to employ them wisely in the service for which they are given. He does this gladly because every day brings him nearer to the glorious consummation for which his soul and body heartily long. The Christian as a child of eternity, a citizen of heaven, a member of the household of God, is ever preparing himself, as long as he remains here on earth, for his marriage day, for that moment in which he, as the bride of the Lamb, shall be taken into the home of the Bridegroom. He watches constantly; he stands at the door that he may be ready at once to go in with the Bridegroom when He comes and opens the door. He is as one daily dying from this life; as one quickened, every day he becomes more alive and lays ever stronger hold on the life eternal unto which he is called, (1 Timothy 6:12). That which he accomplishes in death, namely, to find the door unto eternal life, he has learned during his life. He carries the Door, the Way, in his heart. For him to live is Christ and to die is gain. This is the only way unto salvation. By this are the children of God known. They have the love of God in them; and because of this love they tremble not before the grave, death, and judgment. For "perfect love casteth out fear" (1 John 4:18).
When my last hour is close at hand.
My last sad journey taken,
Do Thou, Lord Jesus, by me stand.
Let me not be forsaken.
O Lord, my spirit I resign
Into Thy loving hands divine;
’Tis safe within Thy keeping.
