A Merry Heart Has a Feast From God Each Day, May 18

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15. We may have a feast of good things every day; for God can open the whole treasure of heaven to us.—Testimonies to Ministers, 119. No human agent can supply that which will satisfy the hunger and thirst of the soul. But Jesus says: ... “I am the bread of life; he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.”—Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 18. What food is to the body, Christ must be to the soul. Food cannot benefit us unless we eat it; unless it becomes a part of our being. So Christ is of no value to us if we do not know Him as a personal Saviour. A theoretical knowledge will do us no good. We must feed upon Him, receive Him into the heart, so that His life becomes our life. His love, His grace, must he assimilated.—The Desire of Ages, 389. Let church-members bear in mind that the fact that their names are registered on the church books will not save them. They must show themselves approved of God, workmen that need not be ashamed. Day by day they are to build their characters in accordance with Christ’s directions. They are to abide in Him, constantly exercising faith in Him. Thus they will grow up to the full stature of men and women in Christ,—wholesome, cheerful, grateful Christians, led by God into clearer and still clearer light.—Testimonies for the Church 9:47, 48.