DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 17:1-31; Isaiah 56:9 to 57:21; Romans 3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3
The Christian’s life is inseparably bound up with Christ’s risen,
glorifi ed life. As our Lord put it, “Because I live, ye shall live also”
(Jn.14:19). J. Denham Smith described it thus, “Nothing can the ransomed
sever; nought divide them from the Lord.” The world, the
fl esh, and the devil combined are unable to interrupt the indissoluble
link that we have with Him in glory. Neither can illness, adverse
circumstances, or human frailty jeopardize our standing in Christ.
Praise God, His care of us is infi nite. —K. R. Keyser
Ascended now in glory bright, life-giving Head Thou art;
Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height, Thy saints and Thee can part.
—J. G. Deck