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The Ministry of Healing
sent, heaven-inspired messenger, to do a work in which angels can
co-operate.
If those to whom God has entrusted great talents of intellect put
these gifts to a selfish use, they will be left, after a period of trial,
to follow their own way. God will take men who do not appear
to be so richly endowed, who have not large self-confidence, and
He will make the weak strong, because they trust in Him to do for
them that which they cannot do for themselves. God will accept the
wholehearted service, and will Himself make up the deficiencies.
The Lord has often chosen for His colaborers men who have
had opportunity to obtain but a limited school education. These
men have applied their powers most diligently, and the Lord has
rewarded their fidelity to His work, their industry, their thirst for
knowledge. He has witnessed their tears and heard their prayers. As
His blessing came to the captives in the courts of Babylon, so does
He give wisdom and knowledge to His workers today.
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Men deficient in school education, lowly in social position, have,
through the grace of Christ, sometimes been wonderfully successful
in winning souls for Him. The secret of their success was their
confidence in God. They learned daily of Him who is wonderful in
counsel and mighty in power.
Such workers are to be encouraged. The Lord brings them into
connection with those of more marked ability, to fill up the gaps
that others leave. Their quickness to see what is to be done, their
readiness to help those in need, their kind words and deeds, open
doors of usefulness that otherwise would remain closed. They come
close to those in trouble, and the persuasive influence of their words
has power to draw many trembling souls to God. Their work shows
what thousands of others might do, if they only would.
A Broader Life
Nothing will so arouse a self-sacrificing zeal and broaden and
strengthen the character as to engage in work for others. Many
professed Christians, in seeking church relationship, think only of
themselves. They wish to enjoy church fellowship and pastoral
care. They become members of large and prosperous churches,
and are content to do little for others. In this way they are robbing