"Be of good cheer." "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31
) Suppose your job was to be the personal assistant to the President of the United States or the King of some foreign land and your job was to be at his beck and call and to serve him in whatever way he desired.Would you not do all that he asked?
The truth is, as Christ Ones, we are at the beck and call of the King of Glory!“If we are really, and always, and equally ready to do whatsoever the King appoints, all the trials and vexations, arising from any change in His appointments, great or small, simply do not exist. If He appoints me to work there, shall I lament that I am not to work here? If He appoints me to wait indoors today, am I to be annoyed because I am not to work out of doors? If I meant to write His messages this morning, shall I grumble because He sends interrupting visitors, rich or poor, to whom I am to speak, or "show kindness" for His sake, or at least obey His command, "Be Courteous"?(Selected)
"If all my members are really at His disposal, why should I be put out if today's appointment is some simple work for my hands or errand for my feet, instead of some seemingly more important doing of head or tongue?” (Francis Ridley Havergal - 1902)
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