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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
must turn aside from active life to commune with God, and to hear
His voice saying to him, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
The fruits of the Spirit will be borne by the man who loves God
and keeps the way of the Lord, as the rich clusters of grapes grow
on the living vine. Christ is his stronghold. Christ lived the law of
God in humanity, and so may man do if he will by faith take hold
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on the strong and mighty One for strength. If he realizes that he
cannot do anything without Christ by his side, God will give him
wisdom. But he must cherish the love of Christ in his heart, and
practice His lessons; for is he not to love Christ as Christ loved God?
Is he not to demonstrate to all with whom he associates that he has
the abiding presence of Jesus Christ more than he has ever had it
before? Because of his increased responsibilities he must have an
increased knowledge of God, and must reveal that living faith that
works by love and purifies the soul.
Frequent Cause of Failure
But frequently when placed in high positions of trust, men fail
to take time to pray; they think they have no time to train their every
faculty to respond to the convictions of the Holy Spirit. But if these
men would sit at the feet of the meek and lowly Jesus they would
carry out sacred responsibilities, confident, not in themselves, but
in their God. They would render to God the sacrifice of a noble,
self-denying, cross-bearing life. Jesus would be enthroned in their
hearts, giving them physical, mental, and moral power to make Him
known.
God longs to work through those to whom He has given capabil-
ities for great things. He longs to see those who occupy responsible
places representing Him to the world. He desires that Christ be
acknowledged as the greatest teacher the world has ever known, and
that He shall shine through their minds as the Light of the world.
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” But in order
that this may be, God demands that every intellectual and physical
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capability be offered as a consecrated oblation to Him.
But some men, as soon as they are placed in sacred positions of
trust, regard themselves as great men; and this thought, if entertained,