Key Verse: "Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the
Lord."
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV
Jesus walks no more among men, doing his deeds of love—but he sends his followers forth to do the works in his name. We ought to abound in all loving ministry just as he did. It is not enough to be good, gentle, sweet, amiable, kindly, patient. It is beautiful to live such a life; and its influence is far-reaching, like the fragrance of Mary's ointment. But we must also be full of good works. We must be winners of souls. We must live to do good to men, to comfort sorrow, to feed hunger, to relieve distress, to cheer the disheartened, to break chains and liberate sin's captives, to stand up for the truth, to do battle for the right. We are to be like Christ, and we begin to be like Christ—only when we begin to be useful.
It ought to be a wondrous inspiration to us, in our work
for Christ—to read that our labor for God is not in vain. No word of truth
spoken in this world is ever lost. On the rocks we find the
impressions left ages since by leaves that fell on the soft clay and seemed
to perish. So somewhere every word we speak for God, and every smallest deed
we do for the love of Christ, leave their immortal record.
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