Rising up a great while before day, He went out.....and prayed.
Mark 1 v 35
I am fully aware that many who take the time to read this post rise early to earn a crust, to get by. I too have been there. Rising early....indeed.....to earn a living. I am not wanting to increase your burden........but you could pray as you travel to........Amen...I feel sure He will bless....and prosper.
Wesley asked this very cogent question of his preachers. "why are we not more holy?" and he added, "Chiefly because we are enthusiasts, looking for the end without the means"
You will bear in mind that Wesley's great doctrine, next to justification by faith, was sanctification by faith. He says "Which of you rises at four in the morning in the summer?"
Well let us make it six, or any other time that might be counted early. Do you rise early? If the way of sanctification is by faith, cannot I be holy and lie in bed in the morning? It is surely easy enough to believe and keep on believing in bed. But every record of God's saints teaches this salutary lesson, that it cost's the discipline of the flesh and the renunciation of physical indulgence to tread the pathway of holiness.
George Muller was greatly influenced by the biography of George Whitefield, who rose at five and read the bible on his knees. When he was growing old his friends said, "You had better cease rising early" but he refused their kindly and gentle admonitions, choosing to rise still at five, even if later he retired to rest.
Hudson Taylor, founder of the 'China Inland Mission' could say that for years the sun had not risen and found him in bed.. I wonder if this is one of the secrets of the great saints of ages past. Gordon of Khartoum, rising early before the duties of the day, entering his small tent, putting up the flag outside to show that he was engaged, and to let the army men know that he was seeking the face of God.
The price of power...... is the way of discipline, and the way of faith.
Mark 1 v 35
I am fully aware that many who take the time to read this post rise early to earn a crust, to get by. I too have been there. Rising early....indeed.....to earn a living. I am not wanting to increase your burden........but you could pray as you travel to........Amen...I feel sure He will bless....and prosper.
Wesley asked this very cogent question of his preachers. "why are we not more holy?" and he added, "Chiefly because we are enthusiasts, looking for the end without the means"
You will bear in mind that Wesley's great doctrine, next to justification by faith, was sanctification by faith. He says "Which of you rises at four in the morning in the summer?"
Well let us make it six, or any other time that might be counted early. Do you rise early? If the way of sanctification is by faith, cannot I be holy and lie in bed in the morning? It is surely easy enough to believe and keep on believing in bed. But every record of God's saints teaches this salutary lesson, that it cost's the discipline of the flesh and the renunciation of physical indulgence to tread the pathway of holiness.
George Muller was greatly influenced by the biography of George Whitefield, who rose at five and read the bible on his knees. When he was growing old his friends said, "You had better cease rising early" but he refused their kindly and gentle admonitions, choosing to rise still at five, even if later he retired to rest.
Hudson Taylor, founder of the 'China Inland Mission' could say that for years the sun had not risen and found him in bed.. I wonder if this is one of the secrets of the great saints of ages past. Gordon of Khartoum, rising early before the duties of the day, entering his small tent, putting up the flag outside to show that he was engaged, and to let the army men know that he was seeking the face of God.
The price of power...... is the way of discipline, and the way of faith.
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