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Lift Him Up, the Man of Calvary, August 5
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:29
.
The principles that should actuate us as workers in God’s cause are laid down by
the apostle Paul. He says: “We are labourers together with God.” “Whatsoever ye
do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord
, and not unto men.” And Peter exhorts the believers:
“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.”
When these principles control our hearts, we shall realize that the work is God’s,
not ours; that He has the same care for every part of the great whole. When Christ
and His glory are made first and love of self is swallowed up in love for souls for
whom Christ died, then no worker will be so entirely absorbed in one branch of the
cause as to lose sight of the importance of every other....
We are taught in God’s Word that this is the time, above all others, when we
may look for light from heaven. It is now that we are to expect a refreshing from
the presence of the Lord. We should watch for the movings of God’s providence
as the army of Israel watched for “the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry
trees”—the appointed signal that heaven would work for them.
God cannot glorify His name through His people while they are leaning upon
man and making flesh their arm. Their present state of weakness will continue until
Christ alone shall be exalted; until, with John the Baptist, they shall say from a
humble and reverent heart: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Words have
been given me to speak to the people of God: “Lift Him up, the Man of Calvary.
Let humanity stand back, that all may behold Him in whom their hopes of eternal
life are centered. Says the prophet Isaiah: ‘Unto us a child is born, unto us a son
is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince
of Peace.’ Let the church and the world look upon their Redeemer. Let every voice
proclaim with John: ‘Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world.’”
It is to the thirsting soul that the fountain of living waters is open. God declares:
“I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.” To souls
that are earnestly seeking for light and that accept with gladness every ray of divine
illumination from His Holy Word, to such alone light will be given. It is through
these souls that God will reveal that light and power which will lighten the whole
earth with His glory (
Testimonies for the Church 5:726-729
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