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Saved to Serve
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Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works.”
Psalm 116:12; 106:2;
105:1, 2. See also
Psalm 45:17; 56:11-13;
63:3-7; 71:5, 6, 22-24;
104:33, 34.
Those Who Receive Are to Give
The gospel invitation is not to be narrowed down and presented
to only a select few who, we suppose, will do us honor if they accept
it. The message is to be given to all. When God blesses His children,
it is not for their sake alone, but for the world’s sake. As He bestows
His gifts on us, it is that we may multiply them by imparting.
No sooner had the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well found the
Savior than she brought others to Him. She proved herself a more
effective missionary than His own disciples. The disciples saw
nothing in Samaria to indicate that it was an encouraging field.
Their thoughts were fixed upon a great work to be done in the
future. They did not see that right around them was a harvest to
be gathered. But through the woman whom they despised a whole
cityful were brought to hear Jesus. She carried the light at once to
her countrymen.
This woman represents the working of a practical faith in Christ.
Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary.
No sooner does a person come to know the Savior than he or she
desires to make others acquainted with Him. The saving and sanc-
tifying truth cannot be shut up in the heart. Anyone who drinks of
the living water becomes a fountain of life. The receiver becomes a
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giver. The grace of Christ in the soul is like a spring in the desert,
welling up to refresh all. It makes those who are ready to perish
eager to drink of the water of life. In doing this we receive a greater
blessing than if we work merely to benefit ourselves. It is in working
to spread the good news of salvation that we are brought near to the
Savior.
Of those who receive His grace the Lord says: “‘I will make
them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause