April 29

I have set the Lord always before me.—Psalms 16:8.

DO I set God before me in all my thoughts, plans, words and deeds? Do I look to him as my chief good and highest end; my Owner, Ruler, Director and Judge, my gracious Redeemer, my constant Benefactor, my sure Guide, my everlasting Friend? And in all this, have I the comforting assurance that I shall not be moved from the path of duty, or lose the comforts of his presence? Is love to him the great source of my confidence?

To obey God in some things of religion and not in others, shows an unsound heart. Childlike obedience moves toward every command of God, as the needle points that way which the loadstone draws—WATSON.

It ought to be the great care of every one of us, to follow the Lord fully. We must follow him universally, without dividing, uprightly, without dissembling; cheerfully, without disputing; constantly, without declining; and this is following him fully.—M. HENRY.

With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands,

For thee I long, to thee I look;

As travelers in thirsty lands,

Pant for the cooling water-brook.

For life itself, without thy love,

No taste of pleasure could afford;

'Twould but a tiresome burden prove,

If I were banished from my Lord.

—WATTS.