December 12 Streams In The Desert---L.B. Cowman Fight the Good Fight The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith (2Tim.4:6,7). As soldiers show their scars & talk of battles when they come at last to spend their old age in the country at home, so shall we in the dear land to which we are hastening, speak of the goodness & faithfulness of God who brought us through all the trials of the way. I would not like to stand in the white-robed host & hear it said, These are they that came out of great tribulation, all except one. Would you like to be there & see yourself pointed at as the one saint who never knew a sorrow? Oh, no! for you would be an alien in the midst of the sacred brotherhood. We will be content to share the battle, for we shall soon wear the crown & wave the palm. --C.H. Spurgeon Where were you wounded? asked the surgeon of a soldier at Lookout Mountain. Almost at the top, he answered. He forgot even his gaping wound--he only remembered that he had won the heights. So let us go forth to higher endeavors for Christ & never rest till we can shout from the very top, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Finish thy work, then rest, Till then rest never; The rest for thee by God Is rest forever. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. Of an old hero the minstrel sang-- With his Yemen sword for aid; Ornament it carried none, But the notches on the blade. What nobler decoration of honor can any godly man seek after than his scars of service, his losses for the crown, his reproaches for Christs sake, his being worn out in his Masters service!
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:29:51 +0000
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