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.