DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 4-5; Jeremiah 12; Ephesians 5:1-21
But to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18
From among the hundreds of apricot pits my mother threw out from her home-canning, one seed later sprouted and grew into a productive tree. We may become discouraged when our repeated witness bears no fruit. In John’s account of the feeding of the five thousand, Peter’s brother Andrew pointed to a lad who had five barley loaves and two fishes, and asked, “what are they among so many?” (John 6:9). Since that small lunch served thousands, who can tell what one sprouted seed will accomplish in the hand of the God who multiplies. —E. Dyck
Give of your best to the Master, give Him first place in your heart;
Give Him first place in your service, consecrate every part.
—H. B. Grose