Day 1 - Lord's Day (Sunday) | Daily Devotions | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | Connect the Testaments |. My Utmost for His Highest | Thought for the Hour |
Morning, February 16 Go To Evening Reading "I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content." —Philippians 4:11 These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. "Ill weeds grow apace." Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough because they are indigenous to earth, and so, we need not teach men to complain; they complain fast enough without any education. But the precious things of the world must be cultivated. If we have wheat, we must plow and sow; if we want flowers, there must be the garden and all the gardener's care. Now, contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated; it will not grow in us by nature; it is a new nature alone that can produce it, and even then, we must be cautious and watchful that we maintain and cultivate the grace which God has so...