GOD BLESSES HIS CHILDREN FOR

    HOLY INTENTIONS

 

     By A. W. Tozer

 

 

     Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is

     nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me. . . .

     John 8:54

 

       "Them that honour me I will honour," said God once

     to a priest of Israel, and that ancient law of the kingdom

     stands today unchanged by the passing of time or the

     changes of dispensation. The whole Bible and every

     page of history proclaim the perpetuation of that law.

 

    "If any man serve me, him will my Father honour,"

     said our Lord Jesus, tying in the old with the new and

     revealing the essential unity of His ways with men.

 

       It seems plain that almost any Bible character who

     honestly tried to glorify God in his earthly walk was so

     honored. See how God overlooked weaknesses and

     failures as He poured upon His servants grace and

     blessing untold. Let it be Abraham, Jacob, David, Daniel,

     Elijah or whom you will; honor followed honor as

     harvest the seed. The man of God set his heart to exalt

     God above all; God accepted his intention as fact and

     acted accordingly. Not perfection, but holy intention

     made the difference!

 

       In our Lord Jesus Christ this law was seen in simple

     perfection. He sought not His own honor, but the honor

     of the God who sent Him.

 

     "If I honour myself," He said on one occasion, "my

     honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me."

     So far had the proud Pharisees departed from this law

     that they could not understand one who honored God at

     his own expense.

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     Yours in Christ,

 

     Paul N. F.