DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 24; Job 29-30; Matt. 13:1-23
Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born…that I should bear witness unto the truth. John 18:37
And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? John 8:46
The sayings of Jesus, whether to a heathen governor or to the scribes and Pharisees exposed the darkness of the human heart. Yet remarkably, officers sent to arrest Him confessed that ”never man spake like this man” (John 7:46). The moral glory that shone from the Saviour silenced the most severe critics. His walk among men exhibited grace and truth. Would that we could emulate such characteristics. —Drew Craig
Give me a faithful heart, likeness to Thee;
That each departing day henceforth may see,
Some work of love begun, some deed of kindness done,
Some wanderer sought and won; something for thee. —S. D. Phelps.