A Present Life

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 23, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 28.

THE Christian life is a life of the present. This is a hard lesson to learn, but it is the one important one. It is not a far-away, by-and-by savior, friend, and helper that we need; it is a present helper, a present savior, a present friend, and all these Christ will be to those who trust Him. This means present self-denial, present humility, present trust, present duty. We never fail in the future; we can not change the past; we live only in the present. We need not borrow the trouble of the future if we use well the present. We need not hope for the future's blessing if we neglect the opportunities of to-day. But by present faith we may enjoy even in trouble God's ever-present blessings.