Daily Devotional

[Castaway57]

Chap. 28 - The Battlefield

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12. {AG 36.1}

The fallen world is the battlefield for the greatest conflict the heavenly universe and earthly powers have ever witnessed. It was appointed as a theater on which would be fought out the grand struggle between good and evil, between heaven and hell. Every human being acts a part in this conflict. No one can stand on neutral ground. Men must either accept or reject the world's Redeemer. All are witnesses, either for or against Christ. Christ calls upon those who stand under His banner to engage in the conflict with Him as faithful soldiers, that they may inherit the crown of life. {AG 36.2}

Battles are to be fought every day. A great warfare is going on over every soul, between the prince of darkness and the Prince of life. . . . As God's agents you are to yield yourselves to Him, that He may plan and direct and fight the battle for you, with your cooperation. The Prince of life is at the head of His work. He is to be with you in your daily battle with self, that you may be true to principle; that passion, when warring for the mastery, may be subdued by the grace of Christ; that you come off more than conqueror through Him that hath loved us. Jesus has been over the ground. He knows the power of every temptation. He knows just how to meet every emergency, and how to guide you through every path of danger. {AG 36.3}

God will have a people zealous of good works, standing firm amid the pollutions of this degenerate age. There will be a people who hold so fast to the divine strength that they will be proof against every temptation. Evil communications in flaming handbills may seek to speak to their senses and corrupt their minds; yet they will be so united to God and angels that they will be as those who see not and hear not. They have a work to do which no one can do for them, which is to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life. . . . {AG 36.4}

The youth may have principles so firm that the most powerful temptations of Satan will not draw them away from their allegiance. {AG 36.5}

 

[Castaway57]

Chap. 29 - Loyalty a Must

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3. {AG 37.1}

We are soldiers of Christ; and those who enlist in His army are expected to do difficult work, work which will tax their energies to the utmost. We must understand that a soldier's life is one of aggressive warfare, of perseverance and endurance. For Christ's sake we are to endure trials. We are not engaged in mimic battles. {AG 37.2}

Resolve, not in your own strength, but in the strength and grace given of God, that you will consecrate to Him now, just now, every power, every ability. You will then follow Jesus because He bids you, and you will not ask where, or what reward will be given. . . . {AG 37.3}

When you die to self, when you surrender to God, to do His work, to let the light that He has given you shine forth in good works, you will not labor alone. God's grace stands forth to cooperate with every effort to enlighten the ignorant and those who do not know that the end of all things is at hand. But God will not do your work. Light may shine in abundance, but the grace given will convert your soul only as it arouses you to cooperate with divine agencies. You are called upon to put on the Christian armor and enter the Lord's service as active soldiers. Divine power is to cooperate with human effort to break the spell of worldly enchantment that the enemy has cast upon souls. {AG 37.4}

The Lord has honored us by choosing us as His soldiers. Let us fight bravely for Him, maintaining the right in every transaction. Rectitude in all things is essential to the warfare of the soul. As you strive for the victory over your own inclinations, He will help you by His Holy Spirit to be circumspect in every action, that you may give no occasion for the enemy to speak evil of the truth. {AG 37.5}

We are soldiers of Christ. He is the Captain of our salvation, and we are under His orders and rules. We are to wear His armor; we are to be marshaled only under His banner. . . . We are to keep on the whole armor of God, and work as in view of the universe of heaven. {AG 37.6}

 

[valarielynn]

I have decided to post a daily devotion from the Spirit of Prophesy to uplift and edify the brethren... comments are welcome but not required. May you be blessed by these words of comfort and wisdom.


May 27


Filled With His Fullness

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with
all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:19.

There are many who think that it is impossible to escape from the power of sin, but the
promise is that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. We aim too low. The mark is much
higher. Our minds need expansion, that we may comprehend the significance of the provision
of God. We are to reflect the highest attributes of the character of God. We should be thankful
that we are not to be left to ourselves. The law of God is the exalted standard to which we are to
attain.... We are not to walk according to our own ideas..., but we are to follow in the footsteps
of Christ.
The work of overcoming is in our hands, but we are not to overcome in our own name or
strength, for of ourselves we cannot keep the commandments of God. The Spirit of God must
help our infirmities. Christ has become our sacrifice and surety. He has become sin for us that
we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Through faith in His name He imputes unto
us His righteousness, and it becomes a living principle in our life.... Christ imputes to us His
sinless character and presents us to the Father in His own purity.
We cannot provide a robe of righteousness for ourselves, for the prophet says, “All our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). There is nothing in us from which we can
clothe the soul so that its nakedness shall not appear. We are to receive the robe of righteousness
woven in the loom of heaven, even the spotless robe of Christ’s righteousness. We are to say,
“He died for me. He bore my soul’s disgrace, that in His name I might be an overcomer and be
exalted to His throne.”
It is privilege of the children of God to be filled with all the fullness of God. “Now unto him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
without end” (Ephesians 3:20, 21).

I love this.....thank you. I needed this, thank you.