Churchwork
06-25-2006, 07:16 PM
Some believers are more advanced than the majority of Christians. They know the love of Christ, and they are constrained by His love to offer themselves to do His service. Yet they have not learned how to be quiet in their spirit before the Lord, and thus their works are mainly done according to their natural zeal. They lack the experience of serving as priests with Christ. They are but ordinary workers. Nonetheless, they may have many life experiences and their works may also produce many fruits, even though they have not truly worked with Christ in His work.
People of the world present the largest number; the children of Israel, being chosen out of the world, number less than the total of the world; the Levites number less than the children of Israel; and the priests number less than the Levites.
The Church numbers less than the population of the world; the workers, less than the total of the Church; and the workers who work intimately with Christ, less than the ordinary workers.
As we can see, the number decreases in the scale. Originally, all Christians ought to be priests unto God; but sad to say, they now degenerate into three classes! How few are those who have fellowship with the Lord in the heavenly sanctuary and serve as priests in conjunction with Him! May the Spirit of the Lord touch our hearts and teach us how to seek for the more abundant life and to do the glorious work.
Here let us examine ourselves in the light of the Lord to see whether in life and experience (not in our position in Christ) we are ordinary believers or workers who love the Lord and do His work. If we are workers, what kind of a worker are we? Are we ordinary workers who love the Lord? Or are we those workers who daily bear the burden with the Lord, suffer with Him, and work in secret without human recognition and applause by praying unceasingly before the mercy seat for all men, especially for believers? May God show us wherein we lack, and lead us into His fullness.
People of the world present the largest number; the children of Israel, being chosen out of the world, number less than the total of the world; the Levites number less than the children of Israel; and the priests number less than the Levites.
The Church numbers less than the population of the world; the workers, less than the total of the Church; and the workers who work intimately with Christ, less than the ordinary workers.
As we can see, the number decreases in the scale. Originally, all Christians ought to be priests unto God; but sad to say, they now degenerate into three classes! How few are those who have fellowship with the Lord in the heavenly sanctuary and serve as priests in conjunction with Him! May the Spirit of the Lord touch our hearts and teach us how to seek for the more abundant life and to do the glorious work.
Here let us examine ourselves in the light of the Lord to see whether in life and experience (not in our position in Christ) we are ordinary believers or workers who love the Lord and do His work. If we are workers, what kind of a worker are we? Are we ordinary workers who love the Lord? Or are we those workers who daily bear the burden with the Lord, suffer with Him, and work in secret without human recognition and applause by praying unceasingly before the mercy seat for all men, especially for believers? May God show us wherein we lack, and lead us into His fullness.