Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

June 17

      "The glory of the Lord shall be thy reward" (Isa. lviii. 8).
      
      He comes by our side as our helper; nay, more. He comes to dwell within us; to be the life in our blood, the fire in our thought, the faith within us, both in inception and consummation.
      
      Thus He becomes not only the recompense of the victor, but the resources of the victory. He is the Captain and the Overcomer in our lives. If we have caught any help that has relieved us of a troubled morning, it has been of Him.
      
      He lifts our eyes up unto Himself and delivers us from apathy, from discontent and from fears. He is always the helper in this heavenly competition, and will be the great reward in all the ages to come.
      
      If our life is hidden with Him we shall have to go through the same trials that He went through, but we shall not find them too hard. If once we take Him fully as the strength of our life, and our all in all, we shall be able to lay aside all the hindering things that press upon us day by day.
      
      I have overcome, overcome,
          Overcome for thee,
      Thou shalt overcome, overcome,
          Overcome thro' Me.