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Ärende: Servants Honored
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Faith's Checkbook  

Charles H. Spurgeon
May 11, 2006

 

May 12 




Servants Honored 

"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on
his master shall be honored" (Proverbs 27:18). 

He who tends the fig tree has figs for his pains, and he who waits on a good
master has honor as his reward. Truly the LORD Jesus is the very best of
masters, and it is an honor to be allowed to do the least act for His sake. To
serve some lords is to watch over a crab tree and eat the crabs as one's wages;
but to serve the LORD Jesus is to keep a fig tree of the sweetest figs. His
service is in itself delight, continuance in it is promotion, success in it is
blessedness below, and the reward for it is glory above. 

Our greatest honors will be gathered in that season when the figs will be ripe,
even in the next world. Angels who are now our servitors will bear us home when
our day's work is done. Heaven, where Jesus is, will be our honorable mansion,
eternal bliss our honorable portion, and the LORD Himself our honorable
companion. Who can imagine the full meaning of this promise: "He that waiteth
on his master shall be honored"? 

LORD, help me to wait upon my Master. Let me leave all idea of honor to the
hour when Thou Thyself shalt honor me. May the Holy Spirit make me a lowly,
patient worker and waiter! 

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The secret of peace and power 

(Gleanings from the Inner Life of Ruth Bryan) 

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus." Hebrews 12:2 

Do not be so often considering how much you love  Jesus—but how much He loves
you. Your love is but  the effect; His is the cause. And the more you have  to
do with the cause, the more fully will the effect  flow from it. 

Just so with faith. If you would have it grow, it must  be by looking at
Jesus—not by looking at your faith. 

The more you "consider Him," and are continually  coming unto Him—the more
lively and healthy will  be the graces of the Spirit in your soul. And you will
 rejoice—not in your fruitfulness—but only in Him and  in what He has done and
suffered. 

If the Holy Spirit opens this to you, you will find the  secret of peace and
power. It is all in Christ!  He says, "Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful
one,  and come away!" Away from self, away from all  besides—to be absorbed in
Him! 

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus." Hebrews 12:2 




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