DAILY?READINGS: Deuteronomy 4; Ecclesiastes 5-6; Luke 7:30-50
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David, his father; only he sacrificed and burned incense in high places. 1 Kings 3:3
The problem of divided affection is one that we all have to deal with as we make our way through life. It is so easy to fall into the mindset of loving and serving the Lord on Sunday and then living by the world’s standards during the week. We are not to be pressured by the world into its mold. “Be not conformed.” But rather we are to be the salt and light in our corner of the vineyard. “Be ye transformed” (Rom. 12:2). —Wm. H. Gustafson
Search me, O God, and know my heart today;
Try me, O Saviour, know my thoughts, I pray.
See if there be some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from every sin and set me free. —J. Edwin Orr