Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

August 21

      "The battle is not yours" (II. Chron. xx. 15).
      
      The thing is to count the battle God's. "The battle is not yours, but God's." Ye shall not need to fight in this battle. As long as we count the dangers and responsibilities ours, we shall be distracted with fear, but when we realize He is bound to take care of us, as His property and His representatives, we shall feel infinite relief and security.
      
      If I send my servant on a long journey I am responsible for his expenses and protection, and if God sends me anywhere, He is responsible. If we belong to God, and put our life, our family, and our all in His hands, we may know He will take care of us.
      
      If our body belongs to Him, it is His interest to keep us well, just as much as it is for the interest of the shepherd to have his sheep well fed and well cared for, and a credit to him.
      
      "Thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph."
      
      Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
          Stand in His strength alone;
      The arm of flesh will fail you,
          Ye dare not trust your own.