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Today's Devotional

... but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. —Psalm 1:2,3 (ESV).

The wind that blows can never kill
The tree God plants;
It bloweth east; it bloweth west;
The tender leaves have little rest,
But any wind that blows is best.
The tree God plants
Strikes deeper root, grows higher still,
Spreads wider boughs, for God’s good-will
Meets all its wants.
—Lillie E. Barr

It is a fatal mistake to suppose that we cannot be holy except on the condition of a situation and circumstances in life such as shall suit ourselves. It is one of the first principles of holiness to leave our times and our places, our going out and our coming in, our wasted and our goodly heritage entirely with the Lord. Here, O Lord, you have placed us, and we will glorify you here! —T. C. Upham.

It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty. —F. W. Robertson

About the author and the source

Lillie E. Barr was a nineteenth-century author of children’s’ works, including a retelling of Pilgrim’s Progress. T. C. (Thomas Cogswell) Upham (1799–1872) was a Congregationalist pastor, college educator, author, and hymnwriter.  F. W. (Frederick William) Robertson (1816–1853) was an English preacher known for his ability to persuade people to act on the gospel. Mary Wilder Tileston (19th century) included today’s excerpts in Daily Strength for Daily Needs, one of several devotional books she compiled.