Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Saturday, August 11 what you think is your limited
Make me to understand the knowledge, feel like the prophway
oj thy precepts: so shall et Isaiah did, who said: "The
I talk oj thy wondroWi works_ Lord GOD has given me a
-Ps. 119: 27. tongue for teaching." (Isa. 50 :
Having gained basic knowl- 4, AT) You will want to teach
edge of God's Word, you will others so they may praise God
not be satisfied to stop here, also. You will be doing that,
for you will want to go on in- secure in the knowledge that
creasing in knowledge and un- it is the approved way of
derstanding. You will find you praising God and that rou
cannot hold back from telling have his favor and blessmg.
to others the good news you You are now actively fulfilling
have learned. It fills your heart the primary purpose of Chrisand
burns within you and you tianity, which is to give witget
great joy out of speaking ness in favor of Jehovah and
the truth to your friends and his kingdom by Jesus the Me8neighbors.
You will, even w_i_th __ s_i_ah. W 3/1
Sunday, August 12 organization, no neighbor or
Rather, store up jor yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust consume,
and where thieves do not break
in and steal.-Matt.
6:20, NW.
What a grand and glorious
work a Christian has today in
going forth to the nations with
this good news which brings
comfort to tbe poor and in
being privileged to spend what
he possesses in the interests of
those who are captive to this
old world. Using your time,
energy and money in doing this
work is actually storing up
treasures in heaven. It is
something that no nation, no
thief could come in and steal
from you. You have already
given the good news to the
poor, and they have its bless-
ings. You spent your money
in helping them, but the
blessing to the giver is even
greater than to the receiver.
To do such work means that
the individual will be content
and happy and will always
have somf'thing that is truly
worth-while. The only way that
true godliness can be of great
gain to us is if it is combined
with contentmcnt. Our mind
and heart as well as our body
must be used in preaching the
'Vord. Godliness is not)'ust in
going to meetings. W 1 1
Monday, August 13
Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of
his mouth cometh knowledge
and understanding.-Prov.
2 6 AS
:,.
Jehovah God ranks first in
the field of up-to-date education.
Not that his inspired
instruction has changed to
keep pace with the times, for
he completed the key textbook
of his study course more than
eighteen centuries ago. Rather
than his instruction catching
up to the times, the times are
just now reaching the point
where his prophetic wisdom
has all along been concentrated.
The divine wisdom long ago
stored up in the Bible's pages
is only now being fully under-
stood by J phovah's servants,
for the prophecies centered on
the turbulent times of the last
days, and now that man has
reached this period he links
the observed fulfillments with
the prophecies. Then under­
standing flashes into his en­
lighten I'd mind. So now, finally,
man has reached the point in
time when Jehovah's up-to­
date education unfolds in full
bloom for humanity's com pre­
hension. Wise persons will
heed the education he provides.
W 1,/1