Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

October 23

      "How long halt ye between two opinions?" (I. Kings xviii. 21).
      
      It is strange that people will not get over the idea that a consecrated life is a difficult one.
      
      A simple illustration will answer this foolish impression. Suppose a street car driver were to say, "It is much easier to run with one wheel on the track and the other off," his line would soon be dropped by the public, and they would prefer to walk.
      
      Of course, it is ever so much easier to run with both wheels on the track, and always on the track, and it is much easier to follow Christ fully than to follow with a half heart and halting step.
      
      The prophet was right in his pungent question, "How long halt ye between two opinions?" The undecided man is a halting man. The halting man is a lame man and a miserable man, and the out-and-out Christian is the admiration of men and angels, and a continual joy to himself.
      
      Say, is it all for Jesus,
          As you so often sing;
      Is He your Royal Master,
          Is He your heart's true King?