March 28

Devotedness

“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus.”
— Phil. 3:8

“The love of Christ constrains us in the cross to give ourselves wholly up to Him who has so loved us, given Himself wholly up for us. … It makes us of little esteem to ourselves in the presence of such love. We see we are not our own, but bought with a price.”

“The sense that we are not our own deepens the claim in our hearts, yet takes away all merit in the devotedness.”