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The Ministry of Healing
“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever
thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the
same things.” Romans 2:1.
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occupation. Without question or hesitation he followed Jesus. It was
enough for him that he was to be with the Saviour, that he might
hear His words and unite with Him in His work.
So it was with the disciples previously called. When Jesus bade
Peter and his companions follow Him, immediately they left their
boats and nets. Some of these disciples had friends dependent on
them for support; but when they received the Saviour’s invitation
they did not hesitate and inquire, “How shall I live and sustain my
family?” They were obedient to the call; and when afterward Jesus
asked them, “When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes,
lacked ye anything?” they could answer, “Nothing.”
Luke 22:35
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Today the Saviour calls us, as He called Matthew and John
and Peter, to His work. If our hearts are touched by His love, the
question of compensation will not be uppermost in our minds. We
shall rejoice to be co-workers with Christ, and we shall not fear to
trust His care. If we make God our strength we shall have clear
perceptions of duty, unselfish aspirations; our life will be actuated
by a noble purpose which will raise us above sordid motives.
God Will Provide
Many who profess to be Christ’s followers have an anxious,
troubled heart because they are afraid to trust themselves with God.
They do not make a complete surrender to
“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in re-
proaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses
for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
2Crinthians 12:10.
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Him, for they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender
may involve. Unless they do make this surrender they cannot find
peace.