12:9. To cleave to is to adhere
tightly; to cling. We cleave to that which is good by ever doing good.
When we hate sin as we should and see its awful shame, and love the good
and see its wondrous beauty, we would rather go to hell doing good than to
heaven committing sin.
"Draw nigh to God." Jas. 4:8. The close of every day should find us a
little nearer God than the evening before. We should hide a little more
secretely in his pavilion. We should nestle a little more closely under
his wing; his feathers should cover us a little more fully. Be the storms
what they may, we can daily live very close to God, and what we can do it
is our duty to do.
"Open thy mouth wide." Psa. 81:10. We should daily live with wide-open
mouth. If we will, the promise is that God will fill it. For God to be all
to us, we must expect all from him. God can impart to us only what our
hearts are open to receive. If we would live with God in our own soul, we
must have all our soul open to receive him. Many fail to see the beauty of
a life hid with God because they are looking too much earthward. Opening
the mouth wide implies an abandonment of ourself to God with a readiness
to receive all that God has to give, together with an expectation to
receive nothing that does not come from him.
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