Living In The Light

May 3, Unceasing Evidences Of Our Father’s Love

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”
—Lamentations 3:22—24 LL 133.1

As the work for this time is extending in the earth, the calls for help are constantly increasing. And in view of this the Lord commands us, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house;” that is, a surplus of means in the treasury, that the work of God in its various branches may be amply sustained. LL 133.2

. . . When the heavenly Benefactor ceases to give to us, then we may be excused; for we shall have nothing to bestow. God has never left us without evidence of His love. He gives us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, providing us abundantly with His bounties, and filling our hearts with gladness. He has declared that “while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” LL 133.3

We are sustained every moment by God’s care and upheld by His power. He spreads our tables with food. He gives us peaceful and refreshing sleep. Weekly He brings to us the Sabbath, that we may rest from our temporal labors, and worship Him in His own house. He has given us His Word to be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. In its sacred pages we find the counsels of wisdom; and as oft as we lift our hearts to Him in penitence and faith, He grants us the blessings of His grace. Above all else is the infinite gift of God’s dear Son, through whom flow all other blessings for this life and for the life to come. LL 133.4

Surely, goodness and mercy attend us at every step. Not till we wish the Infinite Father to cease bestowing His gifts on us, should we become impatient of giving. Not only should we faithfully render to God our tithes, which He claims as His own, but we should bring a tribute to His treasury as an offering of gratitude. Let us with joyful hearts bring to our Creator the first-fruits of all His bounties—our choicest possessions, our best and holiest service.— Signs of the Times , January 21, 1886. LL 133.5

Further Reflection: : Do you limit your giving because you have forgotten God’s ceaseless giving to you? What steps can you take to keep God’s gifts fresh in your mind today, so that you can be an instrument of His beneficence to others? LL 133.6