The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

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you that We may live" He means to ofel
us nothing less than continuous life WIFE
Him.
m HIS is the first and highest blessing
l. which He can confer. and with this
gift of life comes promise of well-being
and completeness of years. "That IL
may be well with you" What e
this mean, If it is not that every CIR
cumstance in life shall focus to the one
point of accomplishing good for you!
Those who know not God aud who are
Indifferent to His claims upon them
cannot realize what this means. Inc
people of the world go through life ex-
p%eriencing its sunshine and its shower
its Joys and its sorrows, its trials ana
it's pleasures, and lever learning any
higher philosophy than that OF ENJOY
ment or endurance. Circumstances
bring such and such experiences, u
they look no higher for their message
or their purpose, but it is not so with
one who. is walking in obedience
fellowship with God, for every expert
ence and every circumstance work Out
for his best good. THAT it may be well
with you" Perhaps no as we would
choose, or as our limited vision would
dictate as best, but that which is well
for us from Gods perfect point OF view.
A parent is often forced to choose for
the child contrary to the little ones
desire and longing. Why? Not to cause
the child sorrow. Not to deprive 1T OF
some real and wholesome good. NO.
but because the maturer judgment
clearer vision of the parent see tnat
the good of the child demands restrlc-
ton and denial. That it may be we'll
with the child, requires that it yield
loving obedience TO the parent, n
walk in the pathway marked out by
his tender, wise judgment. And so Is
it with our relations to our Heavenly
Father. His way is best. His way is
the pathway of blessing. For come
what may, "all things work together
for good to them that love God" And
then there IS the thought of complete
ness. That We may prolong your days
in the land which we shall possess"
God never turns out anything but j
finished product. View nature from any
standpoint, with microscope or tele-
scope, and everything is complete and
perfect. All, how wonderfully so! And
God desires for US just such delightful
completeness. In His hands, Obedient
to His will, following His leading.
mean prolonged days and complete
possession of the place intended W be
filled by us. We come short of the glory
of God because we refuse to walk in
the path of blessing. We fail to reach
completion, but if we observe to do as
the Lord commands Is He realizes in
us that glorious completion of life and
character which He had planned.
~ MUCH then for the blessing which
- comes in the way Of obedience to God
1t means life, it means ~well-being. il
means completeness. And around this
three-fold blessing cluster all else that
may come>to one. But what of the way
of realizing this blessing? How may
we realize this GOd-given life, this we'll
being at His hands, this completeness Of
life and character? God says: "Oh-
serve to do as Jehovah your God hath
commanded you; ye shall not turn to the
right hand or the left; ye shall walk in
all the way which Jehovah your God
hath commanded" What is it to OBJ
serve to do all that God has commanded?
Can it mean less than complete observ-
ance of His perfect law? Surely not, for
God means what He says and always
saws what He means. And if the way OF
blessing is to be found Cnly by perfect
obedience to Gods law, who IS there who
can fulfill Gods conditionS2 Moses
failed. David failed, the prophets whom
God sent all failed, there was none who
could perfectly keep Gods law. And
there has been no n since then who has
succeeded. What then is man to do?
Has God imposed conditions He knew
man could not meet? Yes, but He also
provided one who has perfectly kept His
law and earned the way of blessing
Jesus, the only begotten Son of God
And while man Is utterly unable to full
fill Gods conditions Jesus has accom-
plish it for him, and the first step IN
obedience to Gods law is the recognition
of Jesus as the Son of God, and the &C.
c%eptance of Him as Saviour. Obedience
cannot possibly be realized by the OBJ
ser of a few Of the minor laws OF
God. while the supreme command: BE
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ" goes un-
Needed and is willfully disobeyed.
N PEDIENCE-what is obedience'
" A~boubeker, the successor OF Ma
homet. in order that he might continue
his conquests, wrote to Amrou, n O
his followers, ordering him to levy e
number of warriors among his tribes
and conduct them to Damascus to swell
the torrent of Islamism. Amrou, whc
governed in peace his shepherd tribes
received this order with pain, but he die
not hesitate to obey. 81 am" he SEM
back word to the caliph, "one OF the ar
rows of Islamism; God has placed the
bow in thy hand; it is for thee to launcf
the arrow to what destination thou may
est choose" Here was admirable obedl
ence. Amrou might have yielded ODE
dience. in every other relation which IA