May 24: Cheerfulness and Contentment.
Enter Into the Joy of Others.
"For this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found." So the party began.--Luke 15:24, NLT
IN HIS RESTLESS YOUTH the prodigal looked upon his father as stern and severe. How different his conception of him now! So those who are deceived by Satan look upon God as hard and exacting....His law they regard as a restriction upon men's happiness, a burdensome yoke from which they are glad to escape. But he whose eyes have been opened by the love of Christ will behold God as full of compassion. He does not appear as a tyrannical, relentless being, but as a father longing to embrace his repenting son. The sinner will claim with the Psalmist, "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Psalm 103:13.--Christ's Object Lessons, 204.
The very first reaching out of the heart after God is known to Him. Never a prayer is offered, however faltering, never a tear is shed, however secret, never a sincere desire after God is cherished, however feeble, but the Spirit of God goes forth to meet it. Even before the prayer is uttered or the yearning of the heart made known, grace from Christ goes forth to meet the grace that is working upon the human soul.--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
Arise and go to your Father. He will meet you a great way off.--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
He will bring you into His banqueting house, and His banner over you shall be love. (Song of Solomon 2:4).--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
And heaven and earth shall unite in the Father's song of rejoicing: "For this My son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found."--Christ's Object Lessons, 207.
"I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!"
--Isaiah 65:24, NLT
Enter Into the Joy of Others.
"For this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found." So the party began.--Luke 15:24, NLT
IN HIS RESTLESS YOUTH the prodigal looked upon his father as stern and severe. How different his conception of him now! So those who are deceived by Satan look upon God as hard and exacting....His law they regard as a restriction upon men's happiness, a burdensome yoke from which they are glad to escape. But he whose eyes have been opened by the love of Christ will behold God as full of compassion. He does not appear as a tyrannical, relentless being, but as a father longing to embrace his repenting son. The sinner will claim with the Psalmist, "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Psalm 103:13.--Christ's Object Lessons, 204.
The very first reaching out of the heart after God is known to Him. Never a prayer is offered, however faltering, never a tear is shed, however secret, never a sincere desire after God is cherished, however feeble, but the Spirit of God goes forth to meet it. Even before the prayer is uttered or the yearning of the heart made known, grace from Christ goes forth to meet the grace that is working upon the human soul.--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
Arise and go to your Father. He will meet you a great way off.--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
He will bring you into His banqueting house, and His banner over you shall be love. (Song of Solomon 2:4).--Christ's Object Lessons, 206.
And heaven and earth shall unite in the Father's song of rejoicing: "For this My son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found."--Christ's Object Lessons, 207.
"I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!"
--Isaiah 65:24, NLT
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