The more I walk in the light of God

A change will take place in the conduct of the most oral unconverted man as soon as he is born from above.

Not only will he be far less eager in his pursuit of the world, more careful in his selections of companions, but he now realizes that the holy eye of God is ever upon him, marking not only his actions, but weighing his motives.

He now bears the sacred name of Christ, and his deepest concern is to be kept from everything which would bring a reproach upon it.

His aim is to let his light so shine before men that they may see his good works and glorify his Father which is in heaven.

That which gives him concern and distress is not the sneers and taunts of the ungodly, but that he fails to measure up to the standard God has set before him, and that conformity to it after which he so yearns.

BUT ought not the Christian to “grow in grace- Yes, indeed. Yet it must be emphatically said that growing in grace most certainly does not mean an increasing satisfaction with myself.

No, it is the very opposite. The more I walk in the light of God, the more plainly I see the vileness within me. The only relief from this distressing discovery and the only peace for the renewed heart is to look away from self to Christ and His perfect work for us.

Faith empties of all self-complacency and gives an exalted estimate of God in Christ.

On this day...

• Psalm 20:6 - 2011
• Psalm 3:3 - 2011
• Psalm 4:8 - 2011
• Psalm 4:5 - 2011
• Psalm 4:3 - 2011
• Jude 1:22-23 - 2011
• Jude 1:20-21 - 2011
• Jude 1:19 - 2011
• Jude 1:14-15 - 2011
• Jude 1:10-13 - 2011
• Jude 1:10 - 2011
• Jude c1v6 - 2011
• Luke 18:29-30 - 2011
• Luke 18:7-8 - 2011
• Philippians 4:11 - 2009