Nothing which is done for Christ
is lost. By J.R. Miller Every truly consecrated
life, with all its faculties, has been given over to Christ.
Faith implies full surrender. You are not your own, you are
Christ's. Christ owns us first by right
of creation, then by right of purchase. We acknowledge His
ownership and all that it includes when we receive Him as our Savior
and Lord. The first question, therefore,
of the new believer is, what will you have me to do, We want
to begin to work for our new master. A heart of love for Christ
makes the sweeping of a room, the plowing of a field, the sawing
of a board, the making of a garment, the selling of a piece of goods,
the minding of a baby, as acceptable to God as the ministry of angels. One way of working for Christ,
therefore, is to be diligent in the doing of life's common
daily tasks. The true giving of ourselves
to God exalts all of life into divine honor and sacredness. Nothing is trivial or indifferent,
which it is our duty to do. We are never to neglect any work,
however secular it may seem, in order to do something else
which appears to be more religious. There are some people who would
be better Christians if they paid more heed to their own daily
business, attended fewer church meetings, and did less religious
gossiping. We need a religion which puts
itself into everything we do. The old shoemaker was right when
he said that when he stands before the great white throne, God will
ask, what kind of shoes did you make down on the earth? We must
do all our work for the judgment day, our common, everyday tasks,
as well as our religious duties. The carpenter must get his religion
into the houses he builds. The plumber must get his religion
into his plumbing. The tailor must get his religion
into his seams. The merchant must get his religion
into his sails. All our work we must do for God's
eye. It is the little things which
all of us can do in Christ's name which, in the end, leave
the largest aggregate of blessing in the world. We need not wait
to do great and conspicuous things. A life which every day gives
its blessings to another, and adds to the happiness of some
fellow being, by only a word of kindness, a thoughtful act,
a cheering look, or a hearty hand-grasp, does more for the
world than he who but once in a lifetime does some great thing
which fills a land with his praise. Nothing which is done for Christ
is lost. The smallest acts, the quietest
words, the gentlest inspirations which touch human souls leave
their impress for eternity. If you give even a cup of cold
water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely
be rewarded. Matthew 10 verse 42. A young girl was asked what it
meant for her to be a Christian. She replied, I suppose it is
to do what Jesus would do, and behave as Jesus would behave,
if he were a young girl and lived at our house. No better answer
could have been given. The greatest duty of a Christian
is to do what Jesus would do. and to behave as He would behave
if He were precisely in our place and our circumstances. This Puritan devotional has been
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