February 11

Read: Matthew 19:16-22

Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? (I Chronicles 29:5)

Unyielded Ambitions

Dr. J. A. Huffman testifies: “From the time of my boyhood conversion, I had lived a good, conscientious Christian life, by God’s help… But early in my Christian experience I sensed the need of a consecration which I did not possess… I willed to do God’s will; but, contradictory as it may seem, I was unwilling to let Him have His way in all the details of my life. I had ambitions, choices, and plans… which I dared not commit to Him, lest they should fail of His approval. This brought unhappiness.

“It was at a campmeeting where holiness was being preached and testified to that I became convinced that the… thing for me to do… was to consecrate myself entirely to God, thus abandoning myself fully to Him, to be His and His alone… This might mean the foreign mission field. It might spoil all my cherished plans; but at that altar, that day, the consecration was made.

“It is a great joy to testify that God’s plans and purposes for my life, as they have been revealed gradually, have proved to be infinitely bigger, better and richer than the plans which I had made for myself. It is my belief that God has a far richer plan for every life which will be yielded to Him than the individual could possibly plan for himself” (Flames of Living Fire, Beacon Hill Press).

The closer I walk the sweeter He seems. Much fairer is He than all of my dreams. His love lights my way when pathways are dim, The closer I walk to Him.*

*Copyright 1931 and 1958 by Lillenas Publishing Co.