CONSECRATION AND FAITH PLEDGE
CONSECRATION PLEDGE.
Dear
Lord; I present myself unreservedly to Thee.
My
time.
My
talents.
My
tongue.
My
will.
My
property.
My
reputation.
My
entire being.
To
be, and to do, anything that Thou requires of me.
PLEDGE OF FAITH.
Now
as I have given myself away, I am no longer my own, but all the Lord’s.
I
believe Thou dost accept the offering I bring.
I
trust Thee to work in me all the good pleasure of Thy will.
“Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and I will
receive you.”
As I do give myself to Thee, I
believe Thou dost receive me now.
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COMING EMPTY.
Christ deals in
gifts, not in merchandise. He buys from none; but He is ready to sell all,
without money and without price. Who carries a full pitcher to the fountain?
None but a fool. And if he does, what is he benefited? He returns as he went;
or else, after the labor of carrying his full vessel, he must empty it by the
well’s mouth ere he can carry off the sweet water of the fountain. And yet, how
many fools in spiritual things there are? How many go to Christ full-full of
themselves, of their own doings, of their own deserving’s, of their alms or
prayers, of good works or charity? How many go with their vessels full of the
polluted waters of a corrupt heart? Is it wonderful if many are kept long at
the well’s mouth? He that would come from Christ full, must go to Christ empty.
