red in the Old Testament, but something far higher. The new
commandment is, Love one another, not as yourselves, but as I have loved
you.

How shall such love be made possible? Herein is our love made perfect,
because as He is so are we also in this world. Our love is simply His love
wrought in us, and imparted to us through the Spirit.

AUGUST 20.

"Herein is My Father glorified" (John xv. 8).

The true way to glorify God is, for God to show His glory through us, to
shine through us as empty vessels reflecting His fulness of grace and
power.

The sun is glorified when he has a chance to show his light through the
crystal window, or reflect it from the spotless mirror or the glassy sea.

There is nothing that glorifies God so much as for a weak and helpless man
or woman to be able to triumph, through His strength, in places where the
highest human qualities will fail us, and carry in Divine power through
every form of toil and suffering, a spirit naturally weak, irresolute,
selfish, and sinful, transformed into sweetness, purity, power and
standing victorious amid circumstances from which its natural qualities
must utterly unfit it. A mind not naturally wise or strong, directed by a
Divine wisdom, and carried along the line of a great and mighty plan, and
used to accomplish stupendous results for God and man--this is what
glorifies God.

So let me glorify my Lord this day and adorn the doctrine of God in all
things.

AUGUST 21.

"The battle is not yours" (II. Chron. xx. 15).

The thing is to count the battle God's. "The battle is not yours, but
God's." Ye shall not need to fight in this battle. As long as we count the
dangers and responsibilities ours, we shall be distracted with fear, but
when we realize He is bound to take care of us, as His property and His
representatives, we shall feel infinite relief and security.

If I send my servant on a long journey I am responsible for his expenses
and protection, and if God sends me anywhere, He is responsible. If we
belong to God, and put our life, our family, and our all in His hands, we
may know He will take care of us.

If our body belongs to Him, it is His interest to keep us well, just as
much as it is for the interest of the shepherd to have his sheep well fed
and well cared for, and a credit to him.

"Thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph."

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
Stand in His strength alone;
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