He would have us give ourselves to them; and if we love Him,
if we follow Him, if we are truly filled with the Holy Spirit, we
will.
A Captain used to slip out of bed early in the morning to pray,
and then black his own and his Lieutenant's boots, and God
mightily blessed him. Recently I saw him, now a Commissioner,
with thousands of Officers and Soldiers under his command, at an
outing in the woods by the lake shore, looking after poor and
forgotten Soldiers, and giving them food with his own hand. Like
the Lord, his eyes seemed to be in every place beholding
opportunities to do good, and his feet and hands always followed
his eyes; and this is the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
"HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED?"
X.
HOPE.
"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you."
Are you ever cast down and depressed in spirit? Listen to Paul:
"Now, the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the
Holy Ghost" (Romans xv. 13). What cheer is in those words! They
ring like the shout of a triumph.
1. God Himself is "the God of hope." There is no gloom, no
depression, no wasting sickness of deferred hope in Him. He is a
brimming fountain and ocean of hope eternally, and He is our God.
He is our Hope.
2. Out of His infinite fullness He is to fill us; not half fill
us, but fill us with joy, "all joy," hallelujah! "and peace.
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