How to Live a Holy Life, page 109

How to Live a Holy Life, page 109 by Charles Ebert Orr

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e 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. Then God will fill us daily with himself. There will be a constant inflowing from God of strength and ability to perform every duty of life, and of grace and peace to make life an emblem of heaven. "The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will." Acts 22:14. "Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart." Eph. 6:6. "I delight to do thy will, O my God" Psa. 40:8. It is our privilege to daily know the will of God. It is our duty to daily do it. It is a blessing to love to do it. Here is the sum of all Christian living: 1. Knowing the will of God; 2. Doing the will of God; 3. Doing the will of God in love.

"I asked the New-year for some motto sweet, Some rule of life with which to guide my feet; I asked, and paused; he answered soft and low, 'God's will to know.'

"'Will knowledge then suffice, New-year?' I cried, And e'en the question into silence died: The answer came, 'Nay, but remember, too, God's will to do.'

"Once more I asked: 'Is there no more to tell?' And once again the answer sweetly fell, 'Yes, this one thing all other things above: God's will to love.'"

"Do all things without murmurings and disputings." Phil. 2:14. Let thy life be free from all frettings and worryings. Let it be like the calm flowing of the river. God is a strong and

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