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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. Judges 10:15. The Lord do that which seemeth to him good. 2 Samuel 10:12. We do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing. Colossians 1:9-10.
The Christian’s compass according to which he directs his course on the ocean of life, to which he pays the closest attention, and without which he dares not make a single move, is the will and pleasure of his God and Savior. For he knows that he will be wrecked and strike upon shoals or enter upon a course contrary to that of his destination as soon as he turns his eyes away from the will and pleasure of God. Consequently nothing is more sacred or of more importance to him on earth and in heaven than this holy and acceptable will of God. It is more to him than all the wisdom of man, more than the intellect of the angels. He sacrifices to it his own wisdom and all other wisdom. He cannot rest assured before he knows that he has taken the way and the course, which God’s will, his compass, points out to him. This was also the sense of the apostle Paul; for this reason he prayed and implored in behalf of the Colossians, who were already enlightened, that God would fill them with the "knowledge of His will. " He desired above all else that they walk worthily, pleasing the Lord in all things. Our whole Christianity, all our knowledge and virtuous deeds are without value, if we have not the Lord’s will and pleasure in view, if we be prompted by any other consideration, and live to please ourselves or others. To please God is the indicator on the scale to which you must pay close attention. It should always be even and not incline to the right or to the left. Onward and upward!
Order my footsteps by Thy Word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.
