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September 29
Keep the Sky Clear
I
will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, and he
will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His shoots will sprout, and
his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like the
cedars of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:5,6, NASB
Hannah Whitall Smith beautifully portrays to us the secret of growing in God.
What we all need is to “consider the flowers of the field,” and learn
their secret. Grow, by all means, dear Christians; but grow, in God’s
way, which is the only effectual way. See to it that you are planted in
grace, and then let the divine Husbandman cultivate you in His own way
and by His own means. Put yourselves out in the sunshine of His
presence, and let the dew of heaven come down upon you, and see the
result. Leaves and flowers and fruit must surely come in their season;
for your Husbandman is skillful, and He never fails in His harvesting.
Only see to it that you oppose no hindrance to the shining of the Sun of righteousness, or the falling of the dew from heaven. The thinnest covering may serve to keep off the sunshine and the dew, and the plant may wither, even where these are most abundant. And so also the slightest barrier between your soul and Christ may cause you to dwindle and fade, as a plant in a cellar or under a bushel. Keep the sky clear. Open wide every avenue of your being to receive the blessed influences your divine Husbandman may bring to bear upon you. Bask in the sunshine of His love. Drink of the waters of His goodness. Keep your face upturned to Him, as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow.
Only see to it that you oppose no hindrance to the shining of the Sun of righteousness, or the falling of the dew from heaven. The thinnest covering may serve to keep off the sunshine and the dew, and the plant may wither, even where these are most abundant. And so also the slightest barrier between your soul and Christ may cause you to dwindle and fade, as a plant in a cellar or under a bushel. Keep the sky clear. Open wide every avenue of your being to receive the blessed influences your divine Husbandman may bring to bear upon you. Bask in the sunshine of His love. Drink of the waters of His goodness. Keep your face upturned to Him, as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow.
1 Kings 1; Galatians 5
Ezekiel 32; Psalms 80
