HIDDEN WORKERS

 

HIDDEN WORKERS John did no miracle: but all things that John spoke of this man were true. — John 10:41 You may be very discontented with yourself. Maybe you think you’re no genius, have no brilliant gifts, nor any special ministry. Mediocrity seems to be the law of your existence. Your days are remarkably the same, day in and day out. Yet you may live a great life in the midst of all that! John did no miracle, but Jesus said that among those born of women there was no one greater than John. John’s main business was to bear witness to the Light, and we can do the same. John was content to be only a voice, if men would think of Christ. Be willing to be only a voice, heard but not seen; a mirror whose surface is lost to view, because it reflects the dazzling glory of the sun; a breeze that springs up just before daylight, and says, “The dawn! the dawn!” and then dies away. Do the small, everyday things as if God Himself were watching; because He is! If you must live with uncongenial people, determine to love them anyway. If you have made a great mistake in your life, do not let it cloud your future; God will help you turn your weakness into strength and sweetness. We are doing more good than we know: sowing seeds, starting streamlets, giving people true thoughts of Christ. One day they will tell you it was those very things you said or did, that got them seriously thinking about Jesus.   As for me, I shall be satisfied if no great monument is raised over my grave, if people will say, “He was a good man; he spoke words about Christ, which led me to know Him for myself.” —George Matheson God calls many of His most valued workers from the unknown multitude. Luke 14:23