May 31

Posted on May 31, 2023

Complete faith in Christ is not only the gateway to Life but also the pathway of Living. “The just shall live by faith” (Rom 1:17). Russell Kelso Carter, author of “Standing on the Promises,” made a profession of faith in Christ at age 15, but in his words, “I made a common mistake; I didn’t forsake my old companions and habits, and for fourteen years I lived an up-and-down experience…My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” At age 30, his health completely broke; doctors couldn’t help. But, he writes, “I felt persuaded it would border on blasphemy to ask God for a strength which I didn’t propose to use wholly for Him.” Kneeling in his mother’s home, he “made a consecration that covered everything. All doubtful things were swept aside…A quietness came over me and I found the Bible wonderfully open and marvelously satisfying.” Life now “was by the power of God alone.”

Today’s Reading: Psalms 14-16  Memorize: Mark 2:17