Daily Light on the Daily Path
July 23
Morning
Then comes the end.
“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. . . . And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”—The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.—The coming of the Lord is at hand. . . . Behold, the Judge is standing at the door.—“Surely I am coming soon.”
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness.
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.—“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.”
1 Cor. 15:24; Mark 13:32, 33, 37; 2 Pet. 3:9; Jas. 5:8, 9; Rev. 22:20; 2 Pet. 3:11; 1 Pet. 4:7; Luke 12:35, 36
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/r/brwbgcom.htm
Are you walking now in the light of God?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Are you in the path that the Master trod?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Refrain
Will you be ready to enter in?
Ready when the Bridegroom comes?
In the morning light, or at noon, or night,
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Have you full salvation from every sin?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Trusting in His Word, have you peace within?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Refrain
Is your heart made clean by the precious blood?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Have you been made white in the cleansing flood?
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Refrain
He will come some day unto every soul;
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
By His healing power let Him make you whole—
Be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Excerpt from
“The Long Time”
by Horatius Bonar
IT IS the Lord Jesus Himself who has given us these words in one of His parables. He says: “After a long time the Lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them” (Matt. 25:19).
Thus, while in one place He speaks of “the little while,” in another He speaks of “the long time.” Little, yet great; short, yet long; both are true; and it is this double expression that makes up the full character of man’s condition here, as preparing for the great day of the Lord.
From the day when the Master left the earth and went up to the Father, to the day when He shall come again in His glory to sit on the awful throne before which all nations shall be gathered, is, in one sense, a long time, as men reckon years and ages. But in another sense, it is but a little while, if we reckon time as God reckons it, and compare it with the vast eternity in which it is to be swallowed up.
BTTT
Amen to your Prayer, Sister Faith!
I will enter His gates, with thanksgiving in my heart.
I will enter His courts with praise.
I will say this is the day that the Lord hath made,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad!
He has made me glad.
He has made me glad.
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad.
He has made me glad.
I will rejoice for He has made me glad!
Thank You for Your Blessings, Lord Jesus! Our Hearts Rejoice in the Bountiful Goodness of Your Grace. For Every Gift and Blessing, Large or Small, we Give to You our Highest Praise!
We Joy in You, O God our Great King; we Love to Sing to Thy Name. You are our Abba, and we are the Children of Your Heart. We Love You, Papa-Father, and Trust in the Name of Your Son, amen.
Thou hast Turned for me my Mourning into Dancing:
Thou hast Put Off my Sackcloth, and Girded me with Gladness. (Ps.30:11)