Lesson 20: Great and Precious Promises
2 Peter 1:3-4 - His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
Christ comes with His wondrous promise, and what He says, He says to all believers: "Lo, I am with you always; that is My promise; this is what I in My power can do; this is what I faithfully engage to perform; will you have it? I give Myself to you, O soul."
To each of those who have come to Him, Christ says, "I give Myself to you, to be absolutely and wholly yours every hour of every day; to be with you and in you every moment, to bless you and sustain you, and to give you each moment the consciousness of My presence; I will be wholly, wholly, wholly yours."
And now, what is the other side? He wants me to be wholly His. Are you ready to take this as your motto now, “Wholly for God"?
O God, breathe Your presence in my heart that You may shine forth from my life. "Wholly for God," let this be our motto. Come let us cast ourselves on our faces before His feet. A missionary says he has often been touched by seeing how the native Christians, when they are brought to Jesus, do not stand in prayer; they do not kneel; but they cast themselves upon the earth with their foreheads to the ground, and there they lie, and with loud voices cry unto God. I sometimes feel that I wish we could do that ourselves; but we need not do it literally. Let us do it in spirit, for the everlasting Son of God has come into our hearts. Are you going to take Him and to keep Him there, to give Him glory and let Him have His way? Come now and say, "I will seek You with my whole heart; I am wholly Yours." Yield yourself entirely to Him to have complete possession. He will take and keep possession. Come now. Jesus delights in the worship of His Saints. Our whole life can become one continuous act of worship and work of love and joy, if we only remember and value this, that Jesus has said, "Lo, I am with you all the days, even unto the end of the world."
*What is one thing you promise God you will do differently in your life because of this study?