DAY 337 Read Romans 15 and 16.
Today's reading concludes the book of Romans. Paul closes his argument on a triumphant note of joy in the Lord. Then he adds a chapter of greetings and blessings.
Memory gem: "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost" (Romans 15:13).
Thought for today:
Are you enjoying your Christian life? If you are not, friend, you need to seek the Lord for a new birth.
Don't be like the man who sailed from New Orleans to New York. He had come down from Kansas or Nebraska; and, as he had never been on the water before, he was looking forward to this boat trip. After he had bought his ticket, he had only $1.75 to last him until he got to New York where some friends were going to give him a job. He knew the trip would take four or five days, so he said to himself, "I'll just get a bag, and fill it full of crackers and cheese and will eat that until I get to New York."
On the ocean you often develop an appetite. At noon he heard the luncheon bell ring, and everybody went down to the dining room. He could smell the cooking food, and it made him hungry, so he went behind the smokestack, got out the sack, and began to eat crackers and cheese. By the evening of the second day, the man found his cheese moldy and the crackers were all soaked up with sea air. He got the steward to one side and said, "I am a poor man and I am about starved. What would one meal cost?"
The steward said, "What is the matter with you? Are you crazy?"
"No, but I am hungry. I think I could afford one meal."
"Well, why don't you go down and eat? Don't you know that when you bought your ticket, you paid for your meals all the way to New York? Go down to the dining room and eat."
Many a Christian today is doing that very thing spiritually. He is living spiritually on crackers and cheese while God wants us there at the supper table to enjoy the good things of His kingdom.
Friend, every day we can be happy, no matter what comes. That is what is in store when we are children of God, when we have been born again. Oh, my brother, sister, friend, live up to your opportunities and your privileges.
Today's reading concludes the book of Romans. Paul closes his argument on a triumphant note of joy in the Lord. Then he adds a chapter of greetings and blessings.
Memory gem: "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost" (Romans 15:13).
Thought for today:
Are you enjoying your Christian life? If you are not, friend, you need to seek the Lord for a new birth.
Don't be like the man who sailed from New Orleans to New York. He had come down from Kansas or Nebraska; and, as he had never been on the water before, he was looking forward to this boat trip. After he had bought his ticket, he had only $1.75 to last him until he got to New York where some friends were going to give him a job. He knew the trip would take four or five days, so he said to himself, "I'll just get a bag, and fill it full of crackers and cheese and will eat that until I get to New York."
On the ocean you often develop an appetite. At noon he heard the luncheon bell ring, and everybody went down to the dining room. He could smell the cooking food, and it made him hungry, so he went behind the smokestack, got out the sack, and began to eat crackers and cheese. By the evening of the second day, the man found his cheese moldy and the crackers were all soaked up with sea air. He got the steward to one side and said, "I am a poor man and I am about starved. What would one meal cost?"
The steward said, "What is the matter with you? Are you crazy?"
"No, but I am hungry. I think I could afford one meal."
"Well, why don't you go down and eat? Don't you know that when you bought your ticket, you paid for your meals all the way to New York? Go down to the dining room and eat."
Many a Christian today is doing that very thing spiritually. He is living spiritually on crackers and cheese while God wants us there at the supper table to enjoy the good things of His kingdom.
Friend, every day we can be happy, no matter what comes. That is what is in store when we are children of God, when we have been born again. Oh, my brother, sister, friend, live up to your opportunities and your privileges.
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