[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0420":3},"APRIL 20\r\nNot by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts (Zech. 4:6).\r\nMy way led up a hill, and right at the foot I saw a boy on a\r\nbicycle. He was pedaling up hill against the wind, and evidently   found it a tremendously hard work. Just as he was working most strenuously and doing his best painfully, there came a trolley car going in the same direction-up the hill.\r\nIt was not going too fast for the boy to get behind it and with one hand to lay hold of the bar at the back. Then you know what\r\nhappened. He went up the hill like a bird. Then it flashed upon me:\r\n\"Why, I am like that boy on the bicycle in my weariness and\r\nweakness. I am pedalling up hill against all kinds of opposition,\r\nand am almost worn out with the task. But here at hand is a great available power, the strength of the Lord Jesus.\r\n\"I have only to get in touch with Him and to maintain communication\r\nwith Him, though it may be only one little finger of faith, and\r\nthat will be enough to make His power mine for the doing of this bit of service that just now seems too much for me.\" And I was   helped to dismiss my weariness and to realize this truth.\r\n--The Life of Fuller Purpose.\r\nABANDONED\r\nUtterly abandoned to the Holy Ghost!\r\nSeeking all His fulness at whatever cost;\r\nCutting all the shore-lines, launching in the deep Of His mighty power-strong to save and keep.\r\nUtterly abandoned to the Holy Ghost!\r\nOh! the sinking, sinking, until self is lost!\r\nUntil the emptied vessel lies broken at His feet;\r\nWaiting till His filling shall make the work complete.\r\nUtterly abandoned to the will of God;\r\nSeeking for no other path than my Master trod;\r\nLeaving ease and pleasure, making Him my choice, Waiting for His guidance, listening for His voice.\r\nUtterly abandoned! no will of my own;\r\nFor time and for eternity, His, and His alone;\r\nAll my plans and purposes lost in His sweet will, Having nothing, yet in Him all things possessing still.\r\nUtterly abandoned! 'tis so sweet to be\r\nCaptive in His bonds of love, yet so wondrous free;\r\nFree from sin's entanglements, free from doubt and fear,\r\n\r\nFree from every worry, burden, grief or care.\r\nUtterly abandoned! oh, the rest is sweet,\r\nAs I tarry, waiting, at His blessed feet;\r\nWaiting for the coming of the Guest divine,  Who my inmost being shall perfectly refine.\r\nLo! He comes and fills me, Holy Spirit sweet! 1, in Him, am satisfied! I, in Him, complete!\r\nAnd the light within my soul shall nevermore grow dim While I keep\r\nmy covenant-abandoned unto Him! --Author Unknown.",1783499792051]