Basic HTML Version
50
Steps to Jesus
When we work for Christ and bring people to Him, we will
feel the need to know Him better. We will hunger and thirst for
righteousness and ask God for His help. Our faith will be made
stronger as we learn more about salvation. Troubles and cares will
cause us to study our Bibles and pray more. We will grow stronger
spiritually, will get to know Christ better, and will have a happy,
rewarding life.
Unselfish work for others helps make our characters like Christ’s.
It brings peace and happiness. It gives us a strong desire to be
more helpful. There will be no room in our lives for laziness and
selfishness. If we exercise our faith and other Christian graces, we
will become strong in our work for God. We shall see the truth
clearly. Our faith will keep growing, and we will pray with greater
[80]
power. God’s Spirit will move upon our hearts, helping us develop
characters that will honor Him. If we give ourselves in unselfish
service for others, we are most surely working out our own salvation.
The only way to grow in grace is to do the work Christ has asked
us to do. We need to help others as much as we can, for helping
others is spiritual exercise. Exercising the body makes a person
strong. If we want to keep our Christian life strong, we must work.
If we receive God’s blessings and do nothing, our Christian lives
will not be healthy and strong.
Receiving without giving is like trying to live by eating and not
working. A person who does not use his arms and legs soon loses
his power to move them. The Christian who will not use the powers
that God gives him no longer grows in Christ. He even loses the
power he already has.
Christ has given His church the job of carrying to the world
the story of Jesus and His love. To tell this story is the duty of all
Christians. All of us are to do this work as well as we can. Because
God’s love has been shown to us, we have a debt to pass it on to those
who do not know Him. God has given us light, not for ourselves
alone but to give to others.
The followers of God should be awake to their duty. Where only
[81]
one person in faraway lands is telling the story of Jesus today, there
should be thousands. If we cannot go ourselves, we can pray for this
work and show our love by giving money. There should be far more
work for others even in Christian countries.