Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 5 May 2021

 

Ability

 

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.(Proverbs 11:5)

 

Today’s Morsel: One of the things about ability is it will enable a man to go to the top, but it will take character to keep him there.  In one’s own wicked way, which he has chosen and delights to walk in; he shall stumble therein, and fall to ruin and destruction, into hell and damnation.  Jesus said that “if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.(John 11:10)  Ability refers to being able to do something, which means that if a person can do something, they have the ability to do it.  Men are often elected for a job based on their skills and talents.  The good man, not blinded by passion, follows a safe and direct path of life; but the wicked, led by his own evil propensity, and losing the light of conscience, stumbles and fails.  And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.(Isaiah 35:8)  Remember,  ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

 

Sing:  Oh, there’s a highway to heaven.  None can walk up there but the pure in heart. Oh, there’s a highway to heaven, walking up the King’s highway!

 

Thought For Today: “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness.”

2 comments:

  1. Character is something the world has either forgotten or ignores. But it is essential for the child of God that wants to walk as Jesus walked.

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