June 6

A rich businessman told me that he had surrendered to the Lord. I asked him, “Did you surrender one hundred percent?”

“No, only ninety-five percent. I have to abide by other men’s decisions in my work,” he replied.

“Have you ever looked death in the eye?”

“Yes. During the war.”

“Did you surrender one hundred percent then?”

“Yes!”

“But you are standing just as much in the face of death now. It can come at any moment. Every human being knows that he must die some time and it could be today. Surrender one hundred percent!”

What a safety in life and death, to belong to Jesus Christ, lock, stock, and barrel!

When our Captain bids us “Go”

it is not ours to murmur “No”

He that gives the sword and shield

chooses too the battlefield

on which we are to fight the foe

—Active Life by William Calvert, 1861

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

Psalms 108:3 KJV

Lord Jesus Christ, Your wishes above ours, Your commands above the world’s, Your glory above all glories, now and forever.