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Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - Priorities and Perspective: The Concerns of God

Day 2: The concerns of God

Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns” (Matthew 16:23).


Our Father’s will shall certainly be done, for the Lord “doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth.” Let us adoringly consent that it shall be so, desiring no alteration therein.


That “will” may cost us dear; yet let it never cross our wills: let our minds be wholly subjugated to the mind of God. That “will” may bring us bereavement, sickness, and loss; but let us learn to say, “It is the Lord: let Him do what seemeth Him good.”


We should not only yield to the divine will, but acquiesce in it so as to rejoice in the tribulation which it ordains. This is a high attainment, but we set ourselves to reach it. He that taught us this prayer used it Himself in the most unrestricted sense.


When the bloody sweat stood on His face, and all the fear and trembling of a man in anguish were upon Him, He did not dispute the decree of the Father, but bowed His head and cried, “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”


~ C. H. Spurgeon ~ A Heavenly Pattern For Our Earthly Life ~ 1884


 

 

Make me a captive, Lord,

And then I shall be free;

Force me to render up my sword,

And I shall conqu’ror be.

I sink in life’s alarms

When by myself I stand;

Imprison me within Thine arms,

And strong shall be my hand.


My heart is weak and poor

Until it master find;

It has no spring of action sure,

It varies with the wind.

It cannot freely move

Till Thou hast wrought its chain;

Enslave it with Thy matchless love,

And deathless it shall reign.


My pow’r is faint and low

Till I have learned to serve;

It lacks the needed fire to glow,

It lacks the breeze to nerve.

It cannot drive the world

Until itself be driv’n;

Its flag can only be unfurled

When Thou shalt breathe from heav’n.


My will is not my own

Till Thou hast made it Thine;

If it would reach a monarch’s throne,

It must its crown resign.

It only stands unbent

Amid the clashing strife,

When on Thy bosom it has leant,

And found in Thee its life.

 

~ George Matheson ~ 1890


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