Key Verse: "For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake."
- 2 Corinthians
4:5 KJV
It is said of a great artist, that when painting his immortal pictures on the ceiling of St. Peter's Cathedral, he carried a little lamp fastened to his cap on his forehead, so that no shadow of himself should fall on his work. It would be well if we should learn always so to carry the light by which we work, that SELF shall never in any way come between our lamp and our work. We should so relate our own personality to our serving—that it shall never cast a shadow on the things we are doing for Christ.
It is not easy so to move through life that no mood or
feeling of our own, shall ever affect our spirit or temper as we go on with
our duty. Ofttimes the temptation is strong. Things do not go altogether to
our mind. Other people do not accord to us the honor or respect we think we
deserve. The tendency is to feel hurt, and then to allow our hurt
consciousness to affect our interest in the work or our relations with our
fellow-workers. But this is not the Christian way—not the way Jesus would
act. No apparent or real slighting of us—should make us less
faithful. Touchiness is not among the fruits of the Spirit.
Are you Saved?
