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March 7 The Gift of Truth
Preserved by Truth in Action
“Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me”
(Psalm 40:11).
The law of self-sacrifice is the law of self-preservation. The seed
buried in the ground produces fruit, and in turn this is planted. Thus
the harvest is multiplied. The husbandman preserves his grain by
casting it away. So in human life, to give is to live. The life that will be
preserved is the life that is freely given in service to God and man.
Those who for Christ’s sake sacrifice their life in this world, will keep
it unto life eternal. 17
The people of God are to preserve the world from complete corruption
by their own moral characteristics; but if they lose their moral
qualities, they have no value to restore the world from its state of
moral pollution. He who preserves his saving qualities and exercises
them in benefiting humanity is shedding forth the light of truth and
cooperating with Christ. But those who lose their spirituality, whose
love waxes cold because of the iniquity that abounds, have a sickly
piety, and are as salt when it has lost its savor. Their energy and efficiency
are gone. 18
We have no time now, and should have no disposition, to stand as
spectators of the great warfare between good and evil. We should be
actively engaged in fighting the good fight of faith, and this will
demand all the energies of the mind, all the capabilities and powers
of the being. We are to be faithful soldiers, obeying the orders of the
Captain of our salvation. We are not to take the Captain’s place, but
hourly to live in constant contact with Christ. We must know, individually,
that we know the truth, not only theoretically, but practically.
We must bring its divine principles into our daily life. God requires
truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part wisdom. He requires
us to practice righteousness, to manifest patience, mercy, and love. We
should carefully review our character in the light of the character of
God, as expressed in His holy law. There should be no deviating from
the perfect standard. 19
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