“Vessels of mercy which he had afore prepared unto glory” (Rom. ix. 23).
Our Father is fitting us for eternity. A vessel fitted for the kitchen
will find itself in the kitchen. A vessel for the art gallery or the
reception room will generally find itself there at last.
What are you getting fitted for? To be a slop-pail to hold all the stuff
that people pour into your ears, or a vase to hold sweet fragrance and
flowers for the King’s palace and a harp of many strings that sounds the
melodies and harmonies of His love and praise? Each one of us is going to
his own place. Let us get fitted now.
The days of heaven are Christly days,
The Light of Heaven is He;
So walking at His side, our days
As the days of heaven would be.
The days of heaven are endless days—
Days of eternity;
So may our lives and works endure
While the days of heaven shall be.
Walk with us, Lord, through all the days,
And let us walk with Thee;
’Til as Thy will is done in heaven,
On earth so shall it be.