Whether our warfare be
of the more public kind or of the more private sort, there must be
warfare; and, more than this, there must be progress and victory,
else we can never be accepted of the Lord as “overcomers.”
Another thought should be borne in mind by us all. The Lord in
making His estimate will take knowledge of the spirit which
actuated us, rather than of the results secured by our efforts. In
view of this, let us see to it, not only that we do with our might
what our hands find to do, but also that our every sacrifice and
gift to the Lord and His cause is so full of love and devotion that
the Lord will surely approve it, as done from love for Him and His,
and not from
vainglory. |