As I sat at my piano to play a hymn which always makes me feel better, I stopped on the hymn “Take Time To Be Holy”. Although I’ve played it many times and we sung it a lot at my childhood church, I never really paid any attention to the words. Although written in the late 1800s, how true the words are today. We just need to take time to do what God ask. Read these verses of the song and think about what they mean:
Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;
Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.
Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,
Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.
Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;
Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.
By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;
Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.
Take time to be holy, let Him be thy Guide;
And run not before Him, whatever betide.
In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,
And, looking to Jesus, still trust in His Word.
Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,
Each thought and each motive beneath His control.
Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,
Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.
(William D. Longstaff)
I want to take more time for what God desires in 2018!