Today's Soul Food —March 6
March 6
"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one
who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked" Luke 12:48; "So then,
each of us will give an account of himself to God" Romans 14:12.
We weren't born to fritter away these grand lives. One of the most beautiful narratives in
the Bible is the poignant story of Mary and the alabaster box (John 12:3). Jesus gave Mary
a new life; she was born again to The Way of love and sacrifice and devotion, and what
better way to show it than by anointing her Savior. Jesus took a consumed life and
conserved it. He charted a new reality for Mary, His reality wherein is Truth and Life.
For this she anointed Him with gratitude and submission.
And shouldn't we all? Has He done any less for us? We have been given much, much more,
too, for He has charted our reality, as well. What He has given us in talents and
possessions isn't important. What we do with what we have is crucial. God doesn't waste
His irreplaceable time on worthless materials. "Before I formed you in the womb I
knew you, before you were born I set you apart..." Jeremiah 1:5. Knowing this should
encourage us to be humble and it should help motivate us to live worthier lives.
Contrary to common opinion, privilege doesn't have ranks, whether it is physical, mental,
or spiritual privilege; rather, it has responsibilities. Above all, we are responsible for
and to each other. "Our world at the present time is largely directed by criminally
irresponsible adventurers and cynical and complacent men who have grown old in the ways of
self interest. Unless their place is taken by men of understanding and humility, whose
guiding principle is love, the world of man is doomed. The life of every human being is a
part of our own, for we are involved in mankind. Each one of us is responsible for the
other. It was Dostoyevski who said, `Each of us is responsible for everything to everyone
else.' That is what we now know. It is up to us to do something with that knowledge."
Ashley Montagu, On Being Human. "Where is [our] brother...?" Genesis 4:9.
Pat Nordman ©
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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions |
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Spurgeon's Morning for March 6 |
Spurgeon's Evening for March 6 |
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"Before destruction the heart of man is haughty." - Proverbs 18:12
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"Ye must be born again." - John 3:7 |
Pride is as safely the sign of destruction as the change of mercury in the weather-glass is the sign of rain; and far more infallibly so than that. |
This great work is supernatural. It is not an operation which a man performs for himself: a new principle is infused, which works in the heart, renews the soul, and affects the entire man. |
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