"...the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." Galatians 3:24

HE has set taskmasters over you: you must be disciplined to learn RIGHT MANNERS; you must be SCHOOLED to THINK RIGHT; you must suffer to enter into COMPASSION; you must be disillusioned to appreciate true values; you must be tossed hither and yon on the boisterous sea of Galilee to learn that even there your Lord calmly strides its white-capped crests with unruffled garments: ABSOLUTE MASTER OF EVERY SITUATION; you must come up into the mountain with Him to see how a handful of bread yields a truckload to satisfy a famished multitude; you must climb to the mountain top with Him to see how earthly garments shine with the power of the sun; you must stand before the stench-filled cave to see how the spoken WORD quickens a decaying corpse to again take its place among the living; yes, you must walk with Him, talk with Him and ABIDE IN HIM – UNTIL you are steeped in the Spirit of your FATHER AND SAVIOR; conscious only of your Lord to the end that HIS SPIRIT SHALL CONSTANTLY LIVE IN AND EXPRESS THROUGH YOU – that YOU MAY GLORIFY HIM WHO SENT YOU!

– UNLESS, or UNTIL, you are but seeking your own glory: you are but a stumbling, petulant child which bawls at every little thing which does not cater to its entertainment, or satisfies its desires! If so, the road is long, winding and bramble beset ahead of you, that you may eventually come to Spirit-discernment, leading to a constant expression of your Spirit-FATHER.

THEN will your words constantly HONOR Him; then will your life be a perpetual GLORY unto His Name. THEN WILL YOUR ENTIRE EXPRESSIVE SELF BE A GLORIFICATION OF YOUR FATHER AND SAVIOR.

Gems for Daily Living (continued tomorrow...)