May 8: Thine, Lord

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SA 119:94{This is a wonderful stone for the sling of faith. It will slay any Goliath of temptation, if we only sling it out boldly and determinately at him. When self tempts us (and we know how often that is), let it be met with "not your own," and then look straight away to Jesus with "I am Thine." If the world tries some lure, old or new, remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own;... But I have chosen you out of the world"; and lest the world should claim us as its own, look away to Jesus and say, "I am Thine." Is it sin, subtle and strong and secret, that claims our obedience? Acknowledge that "ye were the servants of sin"; but now, "being made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness," and conquer with the faith-shout, "I am Thine." Is it a terrible hand-to-hand fight with Satan himself making a desperate effort to reassert his old power? Tell the prince of this world that he hath nothing in Jesus and that you are "in Him that is true," a member of His body, His very own, and see if he is not forced to flee at the sound of your confident "I am Thine"?
He is thy Lord! Thyself, O Savior dear,
And not another. Whom have I but Thee
In Heaven or earth? And whom should I desire!
For Thou hast said, "So shall the King desire thee!”
And well may I respond in wondering love,
“Thou art my Lord, and I will worship Thee.”