February 29

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. By grace ye are saved. Psalms 106:1; Psalms 103:11; Ephesians 2:5.

’’Grace! " O blessed word! He who understands thee has heaven within himself. Yet, he who has only the word and not the essence, grace itself, has little or nothing. It were better that he had nothing that he did not know the word. Grace is not given us that we should play with the word, but that we should live in grace and let the gracious, and merciful, and living God and Redeemer, live in us. Tell me, do you understand what this means? Have you experienced the grace of the living God in your heart? Oh, then, keep and use it, that it may not be taken from you. For if it is not used, it disappears. But if you live in grace and use it, it will grow and increase. Be at the same time humble: forget not that it is given you for nothing. ’ Let grace remain grace: do not make it a matter of merit to yourself. Nor must you make it a pillow of slothfulness upon which to slumber. You must strive to keep awake, to be attentive, industrious, and alive in Christ. Grace endureth forever; do not shorten its duration for yourself. Grace is as high as the heaven above us, and so rich and full that the heavens can not contain it. Then it must be sufficiently rich and abundant that by it we may accomplish all things and have no need of becoming sleepy and slothful.

I rest upon Thy Word;

Thy promise is for me:

My succor and salvation, Lord,

Shall surely come from Thee.

But let me still abide.

Nor from my hope remove,

Till Thou my patient spirit guide

Into Thy perfect love.