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Our High Calling — Day 90 of 365 The Closer, the Safer, March 31 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James 4:8 . “Draw nigh to God.” How? By secret, earnest examination of your own heart, by childlike, heartfelt, humble dependence upon God, making known all your weakness to Jesus, and by confessing your sins. 62 SDA Bible Commentary 7:938 . We cannot draw nigh to God and behold His loveliness and compassion without realizing our defects and being filled with a desire ...

Our High Calling — Day 89 of 365 Success in Resistance, March 30 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 . There are those who recklessly place themselves in scenes of danger and peril, and expose themselves to temptations, out of which it would require a miracle of God to bring them unharmed and untainted. These are presumptuous acts, with which God is not pleased. Satan's temptation to the Saviour of the world to cast Himself from the pinnacle of the temple, was firmly met and resisted. The archenemy quoted a...

Our High Calling — Day 88 of 365 How to Maintain Your Integrity! March 29 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans 6:11, 12 . Some regard sin as altogether so light a matter that they have no defense against its indulgence or its consequence.... If you suppose for a moment that God will treat sin lightly, or make provisions or exemptions so that you can go on in committing sin, and the soul suf...

Our High Calling — Day 87 of 365 Christ's Example in Overcoming, March 28 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Psalm 19:13 . The great leading temptations wherewith man would be beset, Christ met and overcame in the wilderness. His coming off victor over appetite, presumption, and the world shows how we may overcome. Satan has overcome his millions in tempting the appetite and leading men to give up to presumptuous sins. There are man...

Our High Calling — Day 86 of 365 The Struggle of Unseen Forces, March 27 For 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 . The Lord would have our minds aroused regarding the influence of evil angels. Christ does not tell us of the danger threatening us from the attacks of the apostate foe without furnishing us with power to resist every attack.... Angelic agencies, both good and evil, are striving for the mastery, and...

Our High Calling — Day 85 of 365 God's Part and Mine, March 26 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12, 13 . “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” What does this mean? It means that every day you are to distrust your own human efforts and wisdom. You are to fear to speak at random, fear to follow your own impulses, f...

Our High Calling — Day 84 of 365 Not Saved by Proxy, March 25 Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. Galatians 6:4 . No one can serve God by proxy. There are so many who seem to think that there is someone in this world stronger than Christ, upon whom they can lean. And instead of coming right to Christ, just as they are, giving themselves unreservedly to Him, they reach out for human help. God wants us to have an individual experience.... I cannot work out a character for you, and you cannot work out...

Our High Calling — Day 83 of 365 How Satan's Power Is Broken, March 24 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1 . The repentance of one soul sends inexpressible joy through all the host of heaven. Melody is called forth from every harp and every voice in glorious anthems because another name is registered in the book of life, another light is kindled to shine amid the moral darkness of this corrupt world. The very same event spreads consternation among the fallen a...

Our High Calling — Day 82 of 365 Beware of Satan's Devices, March 23 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2 Corinthians 2:11 . Satan's plans and devices are soliciting us on every hand. We should ever remember that he comes to us in disguise, covering his motives and the character of his temptations. He comes in garments of light, clad apparently in pure angel robes, that we may not discern that it is he. We need to use great caution, to closely investigate his devices, lest we be deceived. 41 Manuscript 34, 189...

Our High Calling — Day 81 of 365 Progressive Conquest of Evil, March 22 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12 . It is not the order and will of God to shield His people from temptation.... When truth takes possession of the heart, the Christian will be brought into conflict.... There are opposing elements in his own household, even in his own heart, and nothing but the free Spirit of God can ensure for him the victory. 37 Manuscript 59, 190...

Our High Calling — Day 80 of 365 Above the Fog of Doubt, March 21 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24 . Even Christians of long experience are often assaulted with the most terrible doubts and waverings.... You must not consider that for these temptations your case is hopeless.... Hope in God, trust in Him and rest in His promises. 34 Letter 52, 1888 . When the devil comes with his doubts and unbeliefs, shut the door of your heart. Shut your eyes so that you will not dwell upon his hellish shadow. Lift ...

Our High Calling — Day 79 of 365 Give No Place to Temptation, March 20 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Proverbs 14:26 . God requires that we confess our sins and humble our hearts before Him; but at the same time we should have confidence in Him as a tender Father, who will not forsake those who put their trust in Him. We do not realize how many of us walk by sight and not by faith. We believe the things that are seen, but do not appreciate the precious promises given us in His Word. And yet we cannot dish...

Our High Calling — Day 78 of 365 Building for Eternity, March 19 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matthew 7:24, 25 . The formation of character is the work of a lifetime, and it is for eternity. If all could realize this, if they would awake to the thought that we are individually deciding our own destiny for eternal life or et...

Our High Calling — Day 77 of 365 Full Provision for Pardon, March 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18 . Do not think that because you have made mistakes you must always be under condemnation, for this is not necessary.... Shall we look at our sins, and begin to mourn, and say, I have done wrong, and I cannot come to God with any degree of confidence? Does not the Bible say, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteo...

Our High Calling — Day 76 of 365 In Self-distrust We Cry to God, March 17 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32:5 . David often triumphed in God, and yet he dwelt much upon his own unworthiness and sinfulness. His conscience was not asleep or dead. “My sin,” he cried, “is ever before me.” Psalm 51:3 . He did not flatter himself that sin was a matter with which he had nothing to do, and that should not concer...