LOOK UP!

by Octavius Winslow

"My voice shall You hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto You, and will look up." Psalm 5:3

"The first thing I do when I awake in the morning," remarks an aged saint of God, "is to ask the Holy Spirit to take possession of my mind, my imagination, my heart, directing, sanctifying, and controlling my every thought, feeling, and word."

What profound spiritual wisdom is there in this

conception! "In the morning will I direct my prayer

unto You, and will look up."

Look up!

Ah! here is the true and befitting attitude of

the spiritual soul.

Looking up for the day's supply....

of grace to restrain,

of power to keep,

of wisdom to guide,

of patience to suffer,

of meekness to endure,

of strength to bear,

of faith to overcome,

of love to obey,

and of hope to cheer.

Jesus stands at the Treasury of Infinite grace, ready

to meet every application, and to supply every need.

His fullness is for a poor, needy, asking people.

He loves for us to bring the empty vessel.

Dear reader, let your first thought be of God, and your

first incense be to Jesus, and your first prayer be to the

Holy Spirit, and thus anointed with fresh oil, you will

glide serenely and safely through the day, beginning,

continuing, and ending it with God!