[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0514":3},"MAY 14\r\nIn the selfsame day, as God had said unto him (Gen. 1 7:23).\r\nInstant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed\r\nobedience is disobedience. Everytime God calls us to any duty, He is offering to make a covenant with us; doing the duty is our part,\r\nand He will do His part in special blessing.\r\nThe only way we can obey is to obey \"in the self-same day,\" as\r\nAbraham did. To be sure, we often postpone a duty and then later on\r\n\r\ndo it as fully as we can. It is better to do this than not to do it at all. But it is then, at best only a crippled, disfigured,\r\nhalf-way sort of duty-doing; and a postponed duty never can bring\r\nthe full blessing. that God intended, and that it would have brought if done at the earliest possible moment.\r\nIt is a pity to rob ourselves, along with robbing God and others, by procrastination. \"In the selfsame day\" is the Genesis way of saying, \"Do it now.\" --Messages for the Morning Watch.\r\nLuther says that a \"true believer will crucify the question,\r\n'Why?'He will obey without questioning.\" I will not be one of those who, except they see signs and wonders, will in no wise believe. I will obey without questioning.\r\nOurs not to make reply,  Ours not to reason why, Ours but to do and die.\r\nObedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit. --Christina Rossetti.",1783499793023]