WE TAKE, HE UNDERTAKES

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13

A. B. Simpson knew by experience the unavailing struggle to be holy, and he knew also the Bible way to holiness.

In a little hymn composed to be spoken at the conclusion of one of his sermons he states it this way:

I take Him as my holiness, My spirit's spotless, heavenly dress, I take the Lord my righteousness- I take, He undertakes.

We have but to abandon the effort to be holy and trust God to do the work within us. He will surely undertake. There are many other happy exchanges we Christians may make if we will, among them being our ignorance for His knowledge, our folly for His wisdom, our demerit for His merit, our sad mortality for His blessed immortality and faith for sight at last.

Thought

As we give ourselves to Christ, He undertakes for us. We cannot make ourselves holy but He can and will as we rest in Him. The exchanged life is ours by trustful faith in Him.

Prayer

I can do everything You want me to do but only through You, Lord Jesus, who gives me strength.

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