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by S. D. Gordon

Week 44, Sunday

Rare Self-Mastery

Sunday. Gen. 25: 27-34.

RARE SELF-MASTERY. Sin teeters things over, out of poise. Its fever steals away self-control; simple, strong trust in God under every circumstance holds us steady and content. Selfish longing for material advantage beyond his fair share led Jacob to tempt his brother. Bodily hunger, uncontrolled, made Esau underrate a sacred trust. Both lost control. Both had bad diseases, very contagious; epidemic still, everywhere. Poise — rarest of all rare things — comes through Jesus’ control strong in the life.

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