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Others will express their gratitude to those who fed the hungry
and clothed the naked. “When despair bound my soul in unbelief, the
Lord sent you to me,” they say, “to speak words of hope and comfort.
You brought me food for my physical necessities, and you opened
to me the word of God, awakening me to my spiritual needs. You
treated me as a brother. You sympathized with me in my sorrows and
restored my bruised and wounded soul so that I could grasp the hand
of Christ that was reached out to save me. In my ignorance you taught
me patiently that I had a Father in heaven who cared for me. You read
to me the precious promises of God’s word. You inspired in me faith
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that He would save me. My heart was softened, subdued, broken, as I
contemplated the sacrifice which Christ had made for me. I became
hungry for the bread of life, and the truth was precious to my soul. I
am here, saved, eternally saved, ever to live in His presence, and to
praise Him who gave His life for me.”
What rejoicing there will be as these redeemed ones meet and greet
those who have had a burden in their behalf! And those who have lived,
not to please themselves, but to be a blessing to the unfortunate who
have so few blessings—how their hearts will thrill with satisfaction!
They will realize the promise: “Thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot
recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of
the just.”
“Thou shalt delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage
of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
Isaiah
58:14
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“Fear not: ... I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Genesis 15:1
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“I am thy part and thine inheritance.”
Numbers 18:20
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“Where I am, there shall also My servant be.”
John 12:26
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