Complete faith in Christ is not only the gateway to Life but also the pathway of Living. “The just shall live by faith” (Rom 1:17). Russell Kelso Carter, author of “Standing on the Promises,” made a profession of faith in Christ at age 15, but in his words, “I made a common mistake; I didn’t forsake my old companions and habits, and for fourteen years I lived an up-and-down experience…My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” At age 30, his health completely broke; doctors couldn’t help. But, he writes, “I felt persuaded it would border on blasphemy to ask God for a strength which I didn’t propose to use wholly for Him.” Kneeling in his mother’s home, he “made a consecration that covered everything. All doubtful things were swept aside…A quietness came over me and I found the Bible wonderfully open and marvelously satisfying.” Life now “was by the power of God alone.”
Today’s Reading: Psalms 14-16 Memorize: Mark 2:17