As we come once more to the end of a year, it is well to consider how we have spent it. Although we cannot undo what is past, yet as we view it in retrospect, may it turn us to seek the Lord, to be cast upon Him for life eternal; and then be kept for His glory in spending our remaining time for Him.
How solemn is our path down here in view of these scriptures! May every one of us be given to go on in our journey through this life with a deeper sense in our souls of three solemn facts.
First: we cannot hide anything from God.
Second: we must give account to Him.
Third: we shall receive for the things done in the body, whether they be good or bad.
On the other hand what a happy path when we walk as under His eye! Truly there is no real happiness apart from this. The Lord who has bought us at such a price—His own precious life's blood—is surely worthy of our whole hearts. If He has our hearts, He will have our time, our strength, our all.
"Were the whole realm of nature ours,
That were an offering far too small;
Love that transcends our highest powers
Demands our soul, our life, our all.”
May we respond to Him for His wonderful love for us. Our time here is short, and it is here we have the privilege of glorifying Him before men.