August 6, 2024

August 6:  Delight and Goodwill.

To Do Justice.
It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.--Proverbs 21:15, NKJV

HE WHO IS FULLY CONTENT to receive his commission from above will be cheered by the promises of God, as he seeks to do justice and judgment.  To have unwavering trust in God, to be a doer of His word, is to pursue a safe course.  The counsel of God simplifies the perplexities of business and domestic duties.  The followers of Chirst who work with an eye to the glory of God will have heavenly wisdom.--Testimonies for the Church, vol 8, 141.

The words and law of God, written in the soul, and exhibited in a consecrated, holy life, have a powerful influence to convict the world.  Covetousness, which is idolatry, and envy, and love of the world, will be rooted from the hearts of those who are obedient to Christ, and it will be their pleasure to deal justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before God.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 201.

               Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
                   let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
                           and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
                              looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,
                           who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
                                            despising the shame, and has sat down
                                             at the right hand of the throne of God.
                              
                                                       --Hebrews 12:1, 2, NKJV