Day 3 - Tuesday | Daily Devotions | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | Connect the Testaments | My Utmost f or His Highest | Thoughts for the Hour |
morning, September 33 Go To Evening Reading "Thou whom my soul loveth." —Song of Solomon 1:7 It is well to be able, without any "if" or "but," to say of the Lord Jesus—" Thou whom my soul loveth ." Many can only say that they hope they love Jesus; they trust they love him, but only a poor and shallow experience will be content to stay here. No one ought to give any rest to his spiritSpirithe feels quite sure about a matter of such vital importance. We ought not to be satisfied with a superficial hope that Jesus loves us and with a bare trust that we love him. The old saints did not generally speak with "buts," "ifs," "hopes," and "trusts," but they spoke positively and plainly. "I know whom I have believed," saith Paul. "I know that my Redeemer liveth," saith Job. Get positive knowledge of your love of Jesus, and be not satisfied till you can speak of your interest in him as ...