Post by Betty on Apr 3, 2005 17:40:02 GMT -5
Title: Do Not Yield to Discouragement
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Exodus 16:20
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Title: Do Not Yield to Discouragement
"They looked…and behold, the glory of the Lord
appeared in the cloud" (Exod. 16:10).
Get into the habit of looking for the silver
lining of the cloud and when you have found it,
continue to look at it, rather than at the leaden
gray in the middle.
Do not yield to discouragement no matter how
sorely pressed or beset you may be. A discouraged
soul is helpless. He can neither resist the wiles
of the enemy himself, while in this state, nor
can he prevail in prayer for others.
Flee from every symptom of this deadly foe as you
would flee from a viper. And be not slow in
turning your back on it, unless you want to bite
the dust in bitter defeat.
Search out God's promises and say aloud of each
one: "This promise is mine." If you still
experience a feeling of doubt and discouragement,
pour out your heart to God and ask Him to rebuke
the adversary who is so mercilessly nagging you.
The very instant you whole-heartedly turn away
from every symptom of distrust and
discouragement, the blessed Holy Spirit will
quicken your faith and inbreathe Divine strength
into your soul.
At first you may not be conscious of this, still
as you resolutely and uncompromisingly "snub"
every tendency toward doubt and depression that
assails you, you will soon be made aware that the
powers of darkness are falling back.
Oh, if our eyes could only behold the solid
phalanx of strength, of power, that is ever
behind every turning away from the hosts of
darkness, God-ward, what scant heed would be
given to the effort of the wily foe to distress,
depress, discourage us!
All the marvelous attributes of the Godhead are
on the side of the weakest believer, who in the
name of Christ, and in simple, childlike trust,
yields himself to God and turns to Him for help
and guidance. --Selected
On a day in the autumn, I saw a prairie eagle
mortally wounded by a rifle shot. His eye still
gleamed like a circle of light. Then he slowly
turned his head, and gave one more searching and
longing look at the sky. He had often swept those
starry spaces with his wonderful wings. The
beautiful sky was the home of his heart. It was
the eagle's domain. A thousand times he had
exploited there his splendid strength. In those
far away heights be had played with the
lightnings, and raced with the winds, and now, so
far away from home, the eagle lay dying, done to
the death, because for once be forgot and flew
too low. The soul is that eagle. This is not its
home. It must not lose the skyward look. We must
keep faith, we must keep hope, we must keep
courage, we must keep Christ. We would better
creep away from the battlefield at once if we are
not going to be brave. There is no time for the
soul to stampede. Keep the skyward look, my soul;
keep the skyward look!
"Keep looking up--
The waves that roar around thy feet,
Jehovah-Jireh will defeat
When looking up.
"Keep looking up--
Though darkness seems to wrap thy soul;
The Light of Light shall fill thy soul
When looking up.
"Keep looking up--
When worn, distracted with the fight;
Your Captain gives you conquering might
When you look up."
We can never see the sun rise by looking into the
west. --Japanese Proverb
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of
Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published
in 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.
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Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Exodus 16:20
Do you enjoy this devotional? Send it on to a friend!
____________________________________________________________
Title: Do Not Yield to Discouragement
"They looked…and behold, the glory of the Lord
appeared in the cloud" (Exod. 16:10).
Get into the habit of looking for the silver
lining of the cloud and when you have found it,
continue to look at it, rather than at the leaden
gray in the middle.
Do not yield to discouragement no matter how
sorely pressed or beset you may be. A discouraged
soul is helpless. He can neither resist the wiles
of the enemy himself, while in this state, nor
can he prevail in prayer for others.
Flee from every symptom of this deadly foe as you
would flee from a viper. And be not slow in
turning your back on it, unless you want to bite
the dust in bitter defeat.
Search out God's promises and say aloud of each
one: "This promise is mine." If you still
experience a feeling of doubt and discouragement,
pour out your heart to God and ask Him to rebuke
the adversary who is so mercilessly nagging you.
The very instant you whole-heartedly turn away
from every symptom of distrust and
discouragement, the blessed Holy Spirit will
quicken your faith and inbreathe Divine strength
into your soul.
At first you may not be conscious of this, still
as you resolutely and uncompromisingly "snub"
every tendency toward doubt and depression that
assails you, you will soon be made aware that the
powers of darkness are falling back.
Oh, if our eyes could only behold the solid
phalanx of strength, of power, that is ever
behind every turning away from the hosts of
darkness, God-ward, what scant heed would be
given to the effort of the wily foe to distress,
depress, discourage us!
All the marvelous attributes of the Godhead are
on the side of the weakest believer, who in the
name of Christ, and in simple, childlike trust,
yields himself to God and turns to Him for help
and guidance. --Selected
On a day in the autumn, I saw a prairie eagle
mortally wounded by a rifle shot. His eye still
gleamed like a circle of light. Then he slowly
turned his head, and gave one more searching and
longing look at the sky. He had often swept those
starry spaces with his wonderful wings. The
beautiful sky was the home of his heart. It was
the eagle's domain. A thousand times he had
exploited there his splendid strength. In those
far away heights be had played with the
lightnings, and raced with the winds, and now, so
far away from home, the eagle lay dying, done to
the death, because for once be forgot and flew
too low. The soul is that eagle. This is not its
home. It must not lose the skyward look. We must
keep faith, we must keep hope, we must keep
courage, we must keep Christ. We would better
creep away from the battlefield at once if we are
not going to be brave. There is no time for the
soul to stampede. Keep the skyward look, my soul;
keep the skyward look!
"Keep looking up--
The waves that roar around thy feet,
Jehovah-Jireh will defeat
When looking up.
"Keep looking up--
Though darkness seems to wrap thy soul;
The Light of Light shall fill thy soul
When looking up.
"Keep looking up--
When worn, distracted with the fight;
Your Captain gives you conquering might
When you look up."
We can never see the sun rise by looking into the
west. --Japanese Proverb
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of
Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published
in 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.
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