SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

MAY 20

 

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could: she is come

aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

 
Mary was a believer.
 
Her faith wrought by love.
 
Love brought her where Jesus was, and she did what she could to honour him and express her gratitude.
 
An excellent example for us to copy.
 
It cannot be said that we have done all we could.
 
We dare not say this.
 
Let us try and feel it.
 
Have we loved Jesus as much as we could?
 
Have we been as much in prayer and in praise as we could?
 
Have we done as much as we could to spread the truth?
 
To save souls?
 
To commend the Saviour?
 
To oppose Satan?
 
Have we done all we could for the spiritual good of our families?
 
Have we done all we could for the comfort and prosperity of the church?
 
Have we done all we could for the Lord’s poor?
 
Have we done all we could for the neighbourhood where we reside?
 
Have we done all what we could for the world?
 
Satan does all the mischief he can.
 
Many wicked men do all they can to destroy souls.
 
The times call upon us to do all we can.
 
The Saviour loves to see us do all we can.
 
Let us therefore feel reproof,
  encourage the conviction,
     seek more grace,
       daily remember this woman, and
          begin afresh.
 
“It is high time to awake out of sleep.”
 

My God, inspire my soul with zeal,

With glowing love to men:

Make me my obligation feel,

To do what good I can

 
James Smith