the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32. My kingdom is not of this world. John 18:36.
God gives you His kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, here and hereafter. If this is not sufficient for you, then find some one else that will give you more. You must possess an insatiable desire for gain, if that which God gives you in His Son is not enough for you. Still, that which God promises has been to this day too little for the world at large; it ever seeks other things. The world pursues, yearns after and grasps with burning desire every shadow, but not that which God offers and lays into its lap. All the other gifts of God in the world are more dear to the worldly minded than the highest, best and greatest gift, which is worth more than a thousand worlds Christ and His kingdom, God’s kingdom. Seeing that the world throws it aside, may thou grasp it, thou "little flock," despised by the world. The more the world disdains it, the more of it will He impart to thee. But remember that "the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21). The world will have no inner treasure, for it sees it not, nor does it understand. He who desires to have the kingdom of God, must enter into his own heart and meditate upon himself. He must desire to stay at home with himself, and walk after the Spirit, not after the flesh.
Grant my mind and my affections.
Wisdom, counsel, purity;
That I may be ever seeking
Naught but that which pleases Thee,
Let Thy knowledge spread and grow.
Working error’s overthrow.
