Post by Betty on Aug 1, 2007 5:36:43 GMT -5
Title: You Can Trust
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Romans 6:13
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Title: You Can Trust
"Surrender your very selves to God as living men
who have risen from the dead" (Romans 6:13).
(Weymouth)
I went one night to hear an address on
consecration. No special message came to me from
it, but as the speaker kneeled to pray, he
dropped this sentence: "O Lord, Thou knowest we
can trust the Man that died for us." And that was
my message. I rose and walked down the street to
the train; and as I walked, I pondered deeply all
that consecration might mean to my life and--I
was afraid. And then, above the noise and clatter
of the street traffic came to me the message:
"You can trust the Man that died for you."
I got into the train to ride homeward; and as I
rode, I thought of the changes, the sacrifices,
the disappointments which consecration might mean
to me and--I was afraid.
I reached home and sought my room, and there upon
my knees I saw my past life. I had been a
Christian, an officer in the church, a
Sunday-school superintendent, but had never
definitely yielded my life to God.
Yet as I thought of the darling plans which might
be baffled, of the cherished hopes to be
surrendered, and the chosen profession which I
might be called upon to abandoned--I was afraid.
I did not see the better things God had for me,
so my soul was shrinking back; and then for the
last time, with a swift rush of convicting power,
came to my innermost heart that searching
message:
"My child, you can trust the Man that died for
you. If you cannot trust Him whom can you trust?"
That settled it for me, for in a flash I saw that
the Man who so loved me as to die for me could be
absolutely trusted with all the concerns of the
life He had saved.
Friend, you can trust the Man that died for you.
You can trust Him to baffle no plan which is not
best to be foiled, and to carry out every one
which is for God's glory and your highest good.
You can trust Him to lead you in the path which
is the very best in this world for you.--J H. McC
"Just as I am, thy love unknown,
Has broken every barrier down,
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine ALONE,
O Lamb of God, I come!"
"Life is not salvage to be saved out of the
world, but an investment to be used in the
world."
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.
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Romans 6:13
____________________________________________________________
Title: You Can Trust
"Surrender your very selves to God as living men
who have risen from the dead" (Romans 6:13).
(Weymouth)
I went one night to hear an address on
consecration. No special message came to me from
it, but as the speaker kneeled to pray, he
dropped this sentence: "O Lord, Thou knowest we
can trust the Man that died for us." And that was
my message. I rose and walked down the street to
the train; and as I walked, I pondered deeply all
that consecration might mean to my life and--I
was afraid. And then, above the noise and clatter
of the street traffic came to me the message:
"You can trust the Man that died for you."
I got into the train to ride homeward; and as I
rode, I thought of the changes, the sacrifices,
the disappointments which consecration might mean
to me and--I was afraid.
I reached home and sought my room, and there upon
my knees I saw my past life. I had been a
Christian, an officer in the church, a
Sunday-school superintendent, but had never
definitely yielded my life to God.
Yet as I thought of the darling plans which might
be baffled, of the cherished hopes to be
surrendered, and the chosen profession which I
might be called upon to abandoned--I was afraid.
I did not see the better things God had for me,
so my soul was shrinking back; and then for the
last time, with a swift rush of convicting power,
came to my innermost heart that searching
message:
"My child, you can trust the Man that died for
you. If you cannot trust Him whom can you trust?"
That settled it for me, for in a flash I saw that
the Man who so loved me as to die for me could be
absolutely trusted with all the concerns of the
life He had saved.
Friend, you can trust the Man that died for you.
You can trust Him to baffle no plan which is not
best to be foiled, and to carry out every one
which is for God's glory and your highest good.
You can trust Him to lead you in the path which
is the very best in this world for you.--J H. McC
"Just as I am, thy love unknown,
Has broken every barrier down,
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine ALONE,
O Lamb of God, I come!"
"Life is not salvage to be saved out of the
world, but an investment to be used in the
world."
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.
