DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 13; Isaiah 52:1-12; 2 Cor. 12:14 to 13:14
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. Numbers 6:4
There was nothing sinful in partaking of the fruit of the vine. However, the Nazarite abstained in order to do something extraordinary for God. Today there are a lot of legitimate things given us to enjoy, but perhaps there are times when we need to forfeit some of these things in order to be able to serve God in a greater capacity. We live in a time when personal pleasure is the defining ideal of many. As believers are we prepared to sacrifice so that God may be glorified?—R. Surgenor
Lord, we are Thine; Thy claims we own,
Ourselves to Thee we humbly give;
Reign Thou within our hearts alone,
And make us to Thy glory live. —James G. Deck