Checkbook of the Bank of Faith

FUTURE things are hidden from us. Yet here is a glass in which we may see the unborn years. The Lord says, "From this day will I bless you."

It is worth while to note the day which is referred to in this promise. There had been failure of crops, blasting, and mildew, and all because of the people's sin. Now, the Lord saw these chastened ones commencing to obey his word, and build his temple, and therefore he says, "From the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider. From this day will I bless you." If we have lived in any sin, and the Spirit leads us to purge ourselves of it, we may reckon upon the blessing of the Lord. His smile, his Spirit, his grace, his fuller revelation of his truth will all prove to us an enlarged blessing. We may fall into greater opposition from man because of our faithfulness, but we shall rise to closer dealings with the Lord our God, and a clearer sight of our acceptance in him.

Lord, I am resolved to be more true to you, and more exact in my following of your doctrine and your precept; and I pray you, therefore, by Christ Jesus, to increase the blessedness of my daily life henceforth and forever.