Bible Gems

  That in all things He might have the  preeminence.  Colossians 1:18 Christ is everything. He is everything to the heart of God, and He desires to be everything to the hearts of His people.  That it may be so with you is the highest blessedness I can desire for you.  There is never any difficulty about guidance when the eye is on Christ, but if other considerations come in then you miss His leadings.   "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body."  (Philippians 1:20) Is it our desire to be able to adopt Paul's language?  Do we hold our bodies as vessels for the display of Christ?  As we rise in the morning do we look upon the coming day as another opportunity of making Christ great?  We can present Christ to the hearts of men in our lives as well as by our words .  We may not be able to explain...

  But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand."  Isaiah 64:8    The Potter has the power, the knowledge and the skill, To fashion every vessel, according to His will.  The pattern and the purpose, of every vessel planned, Its usefulness and beauty are in the potter's hand.  The clay makes no decision, has no will of its own, But yielded to the potter, His pattern is made known. And thus the Master Potter, our service has outlined; He asks us to be yielded unto His Will and Mind.  His purpose to acknowledge, to listen to His voice, To let Him plan our pathway, according to His choice. A vessel marred and broken, we may not understand, But all can be committed unto the Potter's hand.  Our Father's way is perfect, His thought toward us is love; He's fashioning and molding, for life with Him above.  To trust the Heavenly Potter, and let Him mold the clay, Brings joy, and peace, a...