Month: October 2017
Daily Devotion
October 19
The Unheeded Secret
“Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world’ ” (John 18:36).
The great enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ today is the idea of practical work that has no basis in the New Testament but comes from the systems of the world. This work insists upon endless energy and activities, but no private life with God. The emphasis is put on the wrong thing. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation … . For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20–21). It is a hidden, obscure thing. An active Christian worker too often lives to be seen by others, while it is the innermost, personal area that reveals the power of a person’s life.
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Daily Devotion
October 16
The Key to the Master’s Orders
“Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Matthew 9:38).
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The key to the missionary’s difficult task is in the hand of God, and that key is prayer, not work—that is, not work as the word is commonly used today, which often results in the shifting of our focus away from God. The key to the missionary’s difficult task is also not the key of common sense, nor is it the key of medicine, civilization, education, or even evangelization. The key is in following the Master’s orders—the key is prayer. “Pray the Lord of the harvest … .” In the natural realm, prayer is not practical but absurd. We have to realize that prayer is foolish from the commonsense point of view.
October 14
My Father God, enable me to roll my ways onto you, to trust you, and to believe that when I stand with you in the perfect daylight, I will see and understand those things that now I take on trust. All your ways are mercy and truth.
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The Key to the Missionary’s Work
“Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations …’ ” (Matthew 28:18–19).
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go—He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations … .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
Daily Devotion
October 13
Individual Discouragement and Personal Growth
“… when Moses was grown … he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens” (Exodus 2:11).
