August 28

He which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.—Philippians 1:6.

IN every hour of weakness or despondency, or when the conflict with sin is severe, is it not a blessed comfort, that Christ has promised to carry on his good work to the end? Do I rest, at all times, on his help, making it my chief concern to fulfill my duty toward him, and to find my happiness in him? Do I thankfully acknowledge that whatever of good there may be in me, is of him, and that he alone can sustain it? Do I trust myself entirely to him, for time and eternity?

Faith in Jesus is the trust and reliance of the heart on him for help and deliverance; and such trust on our part, shall never be disappointed.—VENN.

Our faith would often fail through temptation and trials, through troubles without, and weakness and sin within, but for Jesus and his promises. He begins in us the work of grace, and he sustains it to the end. He first planted the seed of faith in us; and as it sprang up, he has kept it ever since, and will keep it to the end.

Heaven and earth may pass away;

God's free grace shall not decay;

He hath said, and will fulfill,

All the pleasure of his will

By his loving, powerful hand,

He will aid thee firm to stand;

Those whom Jesus once hath loved,

From his grace are never moved.—HILL.