Drawing Nigh to God....series

Drawing Nigh to God

 

by

Minnie E. Dauphinee

 

Working With Christ.... Our Commission

"In every one of His children, Jesus sends a letter to the world. If you are Christ's follower, He sends in you a letter to the family, the village, the street, where you live. Jesus, dwelling in you, desires to speak to the hearts of those who are not acquainted with Him."

 

One day Michelangelo found a block of marble, covered with dirt and rubbish, lying in a yard. He arranged to have it taken to his studio; and from this block, which seemed to others but a worthless rock, with mallet and chisel he carved the well-known statue of David. In like manner we are to see in those who know not Christ, stones to be fashioned and polished into saints of God. Webster said: "If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love for their fellow men, we engrave on those tables something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity."

 

Our lives are to be daily living sermons. Not only by our studied efforts but by our unconscious influence, others are to learn of Christ. Even the countenance may tell for god. "the light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart (of others)," said the wise man. This illustrated in the life of a Christian who was walking down a street in New York City. He was stopped by a stranger, who entered into conversation and said to him, "your face shows that you are a Christians." Then he asked with deep earnestness, "Can you help me to find God?"

 

On one of his professional calls a physician was asked by the wife of his patient, "Doctor, you are a Christian, aren't you?" When he asked in reply, "What makes you think I am a Christian?" she answered, "Because there is something about you that make us think of God."