“There they dwelt with the King for His work” (I. Chron. iv. 23).
It is easy for water to run down from the upper springs, but it requires a
divine impulse to flow up from the valley in the nether springs. There is
nothing that tells more of Christ than to see a Christian rejoicing and
cheerful in the humdrum and routine of commonplace work, like the sailors
that stand on the dock loading the vessel and singing as they swing their
loads, keeping time with the spirit of praise to the footsteps and
movements of labor and duty. No one has a sweeter or higher ministry for
Christ than a business man or a serving woman who can carry the light of
heaven in their faces all day long. Like the sea fowl that can plunge
beneath the briny tide with its beautiful and spotless plumage, and come
forth without one drop adhering to its burnished breast and glowing wings
because of the subtle oil upon the plumage that keeps the water from
sticking, so, thank God, we too may be so anointed with the Holy Ghost
that sin, sorrow and defilement will not adhere to us, but we shall pass
through every sea as the ship passes through the waves, in, but above the
floods around us.