June 7th — DON'T SLACK OFF
June 7th.DON'T SLACK OFF
"Whatsoever ye shalt ask in My name, that will I do." John 14:13
Am I fulfil ing this ministry of the interior? There is no snare or any danger of infatuation or pride in intercession, it is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit whereby the Father is glorified. Am I al owing my spiritual life to be frittered away, or am I bringing it al to one centre - the Atonement of my Lord? Is Jesus Christ more and more dominating every interest in my life? If the one central point, the great exerting influence in my life is the Atonement of the Lord, then every phase of my life wil bear fruit for Him.
I must take time to realize what is the central point of power. Do I give one minute out of sixty to concentrate upon it? "If ye abide in Me" - continue to act and think and work from that centre - "ye shal ask what ye wil , and it shal be done unto you." Am I abiding? Am I taking time to abide? What is the greatest factor of power in my life? Is it work, service, sacrifice for others, or trying to work for God? The thing that ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the Atonement of the Lord. It is not the thing we spend the most time on that moulds us most; the greatest element is the thing that exerts most power. We must determine to be limited and concentrate our affinities.
"Whatsoever ye shal ask in My name, that wil I do." The disciple who abides in Jesus is the wil of God, and his apparently free choices are God's fore-ordained decrees. Mysterious? Logical y contradictory and absurd? Yes, but a glorious truth to a saint.