“Even Christ pleased not Himself” (Rom. xv. 3).
Let this be a day of self-forgetting ministry for Christ and others. Let
us not once think of being ministered unto, but say ever with Him: “I am
among you as He that doth serve.” Let us not drag our burdens through the
day, but drop all our loads of care and be free to carry His yoke and His
burden. Let us make the happy exchange, giving ours and taking His. Let
the covenant be: “Thou shalt abide for Me, I also for thee.” So shall we
lose our heaviest load—ourselves—and so shall we find our highest joy,
divine love, the more blessed “to give” than “to receive.” Let us do good
to all men as we have opportunity. Let us lose no opportunity of blessing,
and let us study ingenious ways of service and usefulness. Especially let
us seek to win souls.
The Days of Heaven are busy days,
They serve continually,
So spent for Thee and Thine, our days,
As the Days of Heaven would be.
The Days of Heaven are loving days,
As one they all agree,
So linked in loving unity
May our days as Heaven be.