OCCUPY TILL I COME.

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

APRIL 2

 

Luke 19: 13

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,

and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

 
Our Lord has provided for all our wants. He forbids our fears.
 
He has given us talents, or entrusted us with his money.
He is gone home to his Father for a time, he will soon return again,
and he bids us “occupy until he comes.”
 
We are to be busy for God.
 
To be active for the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
He will soon come to take an account of what we have one, how we have done it, and why we have done it.
 
When he comes he will praise or blame as the case may require.
 
He will reward every one according to his works.
 
Do we believe this?
 
Are we living under the impression of this fact?
Do we often say to ourselves,
 “I must stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
“I must give an account.”
 
Beloved, our time, our talents, as well as our persons are the Lord’s.
 
To him they should be consecrated. For him they should be all employed.
 
Have we been living  for Christ to-day?
 
Have we been transacting our business, or doing our work, in the prospect of appearing before the Lord Jesus to give an account of it.
 
Let us not sleep as do others.
 
Let us not stand idle in the market place.
 
Let us not live to ourselves.
 

O may I live on Jesus still,

And use the talents given;

Daily consult and do his will.

And thus prepare for heaven.

 
James Smith