Daily Devotionals

Daily Strength for Daily Needs

Devotional: August 23rd

"Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not." -- 45:5.I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know; I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go.A. L. WARING.Oh! be little, be little; and then thou wilt be content with little; and if thou feel, now and then, a check or a secret smiting,-- in "that" is the Father’s love; be not over-wise, nor over-eager, in thy own willing, running, and desiring, and thou mayest feel it so; and by degrees come to the knowledge of thy Guide, who will lead thee, step by step, in the path of life, and teach thee to follow. Be still, and wait for light and strength.I. PENINGTON.Sink into the sweet and blessed littleness, where thou livest by grace alone. Contemplate with delight the holiness and goodness in God, which thou dost not find in thyself. How lovely it is to be nothing when God is all!G. TERSTEEGEN.