Post by Betty on Dec 12, 2007 6:00:33 GMT -5
Title: Fight the Good Fight
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:2 Timothy 4:6-7
Title: Fight the Good Fight
"The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my
time to go has come. I have fought in the good
fight; I have kept the faith" (2 Tim. 4:6, 7).
As soldiers show their scars and talk of battles
when they come at last to spend their old age in
the country at home, so shall we in the dear land
to which we are hastening, speak of the goodness
and faithfulness of God who brought us through
all the trials of the way. I would not like to
stand in the white-robed host and hear it said,
"These are they that came out of great
tribulation, all except one."
Would you like to be there and see yourself
pointed at as the one saint who never knew a
sorrow? Oh, no! for you would be an alien in the
midst of the sacred brotherhood. We will be
content to share the battle, for we shall soon
wear the crown and wave the palm. -
C. H.Spurgeon "Where were you wounded?"
asked the surgeon of a
soldier at Lookout Mountain.
"Almost at the top,"he answered. He forgot even his gaping wound--he only remembered that he had won the heights. So
let us go forth to higher endeavors for Christ
and never rest till we can shout from the very
top, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith."
"Finish thy work, then rest,
Till then rest never;The rest for thee by God
Is rest forever." "God will not look you
over for medals, degrees
or diplomas but for scars."
Of an old hero the minstrel sang--
"With his Yemen sword for aid;
Ornament it carried none,
But the notches on the blade."
What nobler decoration of honor can any godly man
seek after than his scars of service, his losses
for the crown, his reproaches for Christ's sake
,his being worn out in his Master's service!
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of Streams in the Desert. This first edition was publishedi
n 1925 and the wording is preserved as
originally written. Connotations of words
may have changed over the years and are not meant to be offensive.____________________________________________________________
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:2 Timothy 4:6-7
Title: Fight the Good Fight
"The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my
time to go has come. I have fought in the good
fight; I have kept the faith" (2 Tim. 4:6, 7).
As soldiers show their scars and talk of battles
when they come at last to spend their old age in
the country at home, so shall we in the dear land
to which we are hastening, speak of the goodness
and faithfulness of God who brought us through
all the trials of the way. I would not like to
stand in the white-robed host and hear it said,
"These are they that came out of great
tribulation, all except one."
Would you like to be there and see yourself
pointed at as the one saint who never knew a
sorrow? Oh, no! for you would be an alien in the
midst of the sacred brotherhood. We will be
content to share the battle, for we shall soon
wear the crown and wave the palm. -
C. H.Spurgeon "Where were you wounded?"
asked the surgeon of a
soldier at Lookout Mountain.
"Almost at the top,"he answered. He forgot even his gaping wound--he only remembered that he had won the heights. So
let us go forth to higher endeavors for Christ
and never rest till we can shout from the very
top, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith."
"Finish thy work, then rest,
Till then rest never;The rest for thee by God
Is rest forever." "God will not look you
over for medals, degrees
or diplomas but for scars."
Of an old hero the minstrel sang--
"With his Yemen sword for aid;
Ornament it carried none,
But the notches on the blade."
What nobler decoration of honor can any godly man
seek after than his scars of service, his losses
for the crown, his reproaches for Christ's sake
,his being worn out in his Master's service!
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of Streams in the Desert. This first edition was publishedi
n 1925 and the wording is preserved as
originally written. Connotations of words
may have changed over the years and are not meant to be offensive.____________________________________________________________
