Day Twenty-Three Morning
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Standard Bearers 'You have given a banner to them that fear you.' Psalm 60:4
What is your banner and what are you doing with it? For if you are among 'them that fear' God, he has given you a banner 'that it may be displayed,'
Is yout banner furled up and put away in a corner, so that nobody sees it or knows of it? Or are you trying to be a brave standard bearer of Jesus
Christ, carrying his flag. I think the motto on this flag is Love.' For we are told that his banner over us is Love. Ate you displaying it, showing your
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love to him by your love to others? Showing the power of his love over you by your sweet, happy temper and by trying to please him always?
Carrying a banner means something. First, it means that you belong to or work for those whose banner you carry and that you are not ashamed of them. At big school festivals we know to which school a boy belongs by the flag that he carries or the uniform that he wears. You would like to carry the flag of your country, because you belong to it and are loyal. So let us carry the banner of Jesus Christ because we are loyal to him and are not ashamed to own him as our King.
Secondly, it means that we are ready to fight and ready to encourage others to fight under the same banner. When you are tempted to do something wrong, remember whose banner you catry and do not disgrace it. If one does right, it makes it easier for the others to do tight too.
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Thirdly, it means rejoicing. You know how flags are hung out on festival days and carried in triumphant processions. The hand that carries f Christ's banner through his war, will carry it also in his trtumph; the hand that tries to unfurl it bravely now, will wave it when his glorious reign begins and his blessed kingdom is come.
Then, 'in the name of our God we will set up our banners' now!
What is your banner? How do you raise it up and show it to others? Tell people about the Lord Jesus and how wonderful he is. Don't be quiet. Don't hide the truth - tell people about it.
The Master hath called us, the children who fear him, Who March 'neath Christ's banner, his own little band; We love him and seek him; we long to be near him, And rest in the light of his beautiful land.