O
how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day—Psa.119:97.
It is a great privilege
for Christians to study the Lord’s Word, yet a great deal of study
is done to no purpose. Study which is not put into practice is worse
than a waste of time. Every reasonable opportunity should be used by
the Lord’s people to obtain a knowledge of the Divine Plan—even to
the extent of sacrificing; but the child of the Lord will be
particular to see that it is his own conveniences and
comforts that he is sacrificing, and not chiefly the conveniences
and comforts of others. The Bible study which is done merely at the
expense of others is a sign of selfishness rather than of a rich
indwelling of God’s spirit of
love.