The Best Things 8

The very best thing you can do, when you cannot help yourself, is to cry unto God for Mercy.  The best thing you can do out of love for Christ is to simply obey Him in the little things every day.  If ye love Me, keep My commandments.  The best thing to do is come to Jesus hungry, and He will fill you with good things.  Go often to the Cross, go every day to the Cross with empty hand, and receive everything your soul needs from Christ Jesus the Lord.  The best things come to those who are lowly in heart.  The best thing to do in times of trouble or trial is to lay the matter out before the Lord Jesus and cling to Him alone.

Praising the Lord is the best thing to purge your heart and mind of evil thoughts.  Sometimes troubles and difficulties are the very best things that can happen to us, because they wake us up to reality and Eternity. The very best thing you can do for yourself is to just come to Jesus and rest in Him.  Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.  It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Him good.  Poverty can almost always be directly traced to laziness, dishonesty, or drunkenness.  The best things that men do without Christ are not worth anything in the sight of God. If you want to do something good for someone, the best thing you can do is to help bring them to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Your own righteousness is such a damnable thing, that the best thing for you to do with it is to bury it, and run away from it.

Spiritual mercies are the best things - Tread the royal road to heavenly Wisdom - Come ye to the Cross.  Oftentimes the best thing that could ever happen to us is to be taken down a notch or two.  The best thing you can possibly do is first draw near to God, keeping your eye ever upon the Cross, for Christ Crucified is the one and only hope for a sinner - Christ Crucified for you, Christ received by you.  Keep very close to the Cross.  The best thing I ever heard was this:  Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  For the Christian, his best things are on ahead; but for the lost sinner, he is leaving his best things behind, and he is going on to his worst things.  The best prayer in the midst of temptation is, "Preserve me, O God."  Be of good cheer - Turn your eyes to the Cross - Rest on Calvary's Lamb - Trust Jesus, trust only Him.

The best thing you can do is the next thing that God the Holy Spirit tells you to do, and to do it thoroughly well.  The best faith grasps God's promises found in the Bible.  The best thing to enjoy is Christ's love.  A healthy appetite for Christ Jesus is the best sign of spiritual health; hunger and thirst after everything that is right, and good, and honest, and pure, and lovely, and of good report.  The best antidote for sin is Christ in the heart.  The best place to go first thing in the morning is to the Cross - flat on our faces before the Cross of Christ is the safest place for us.  If you have some food in your mouth that you desire to eat, the best thing to do is swallow it.  Likewise, Christ's word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we preach; simply let it go down into your inmost soul.

Christ Crucified is the best message for this world today, and it will never wear out or grow stale. The very best prayer is to cry, "Save me God, convince me of my sin, save me now for Jesus' sake, O God be merciful to me a sinner!"  Look to the Cross of Jesus, escape to the Cross while you may, forsake your sins, trust your soul wholly to Jesus, put all your dependence in His blood and merits; then follow Him, walk in His ways, and you will be safe.

Thanks be unto God which giveth us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  If you want to be happy, and to do the best thing that is possible in your whole life, rave about Jesus Christ and glorify Him all you can.  The oftener you go to the Cross, the richer you get.  When you are tossed about with doubts and fears, do not despair:  the best thing to do is to go straight away to the Cross for saving mercy, just as if you had never gone there before.  Jesus bore the great load of your sins upon Himself there, and bore the consequences as well, so He could set us free from our sins forever.  The very root of all Gospel Truth is the Precious Blood of Jesus.  Christ Crucified is what you want.