February 15, 2022
Tuesday
Children of the Day
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-10
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
When evangelist Vance Havner was advanced in age, his wife died. His grief and loneliness overwhelmed him, but he determined to persevere in his work with an increased longing for heaven. He wrote, “I once read of a man who lived beside a river but had little interest in the people on the other side until his daughter moved over there to live. I have lived beside the river many years, but this past year has heightened a thousand-fold my concern about the other side.”1
Every passing day brings us closer to heaven and closer to our loved ones who have preceded us, and one day soon we’ll have the reunion of the ages to enjoy. But until then, we must press on with cheerful faithfulness, walking and working as children of the day.
In these dark times, we must spread the light and patiently persevere for Christ’s return.
A point to ponder…
It is obvious that we who are headed for eternal day should walk as children of the day before we arrive.
Vance Havner
Read the Bible through in a year
I love you!!!
1 Vance Havner, Hope Thou in God (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1977), 107-108, 126.
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