He who is appointed to act a part in the
work for this time should feel the solemn responsibility resting
upon him. We are working for eternity. If we eat of the bread
which came from heaven we shall be Christlike in spirit and character.
We are living in an age when there is to be no spiritual idleness.
Every soul is to be charged with the heavenly current of life.
The question is often asked: "What is the cause of the dearth
of spiritual power in the church?" The answer comes: "The
members allow their minds to be drawn away from the word of God."
We are built up physically from that which we eat, and in like
manner the character of our spirituality is determined by the
food given to the mind. We are to give the mind and heart proper
nourishment by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the
Son of God
Christ declares: "Verily, verily,
I say unto you, He that believeth
on Me hath everlasting life. . . . I am the living Bread which
came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall
live forever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which
I will give for the life of the world. . . . Whoso eateth My
flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise
him up at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood
is drink indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood,
dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent
Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall
live by Me." John 6:47-57.
We must abide in Christ, and Christ must
abide in us; "for we are laborers together with God."
The work of the Christian is an individual work. Let God's workers
cease to find fault, for this is sin. Let them improve themselves
as they think that their fellow workers should improve. It is
their privilege to live in Christ by eating the bread of life.
Those who do this will have a healthy, growing experience, and
the righteousness of God will go before them as they do the work
specified in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah.