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THE MISSIONARY’S MASTER “Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well, for so I am.” John 13:13 To have a master and to be mastered is not the same thing. To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself, one who is closer than a friend, one who fathoms the remotest abyss of my heart and satisfies it, one who has brought me into the secure se..

MISSIONARY PREDESTINATIONS “And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be His servant.” Isaiah 49:5 The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our prejudices and our parochial notions and our patriotism; we are turned into servants of God’s own purpose. The whole human race was created to glorify God and enjo..

THE DIVINE RULE LIFE “Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.” Luke 22:28 Our lord’s exhortation in these verses is to be generous in our behavior to all men. In the spiritual life beware of walking according to natural affinities. Everyone has natural affinities; some people we like and others we do not like. We must never let those likes and dislikes rule in our Chri..

DO YOU CONTINUE TO GO WITH JESUS? “Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.” Luke 22:28 It is true that Jesus Christ is with us in our temptations, but are we going with Him in His temptations? Many of us cease to go with Jesus from the moment we have an experience of what He can do. Watch when God shifts your circumstances, and see whether you are going with Jesus, or si..

HIS TEMPTATION AND OURS “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrew 4:15 Until we are born again, the only kind of temptation we understand is that mentioned by St. James—“Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” But by regeneration ..

AFTER SURRENDER—WHAT? “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” John 17:4 Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the Will; when that is done, all is done. There are very few crises in life; the great crisis is the surrender of the will. God never crushes a man’s will into surrender, He never beseeches him, He waits until the man yields up his will to Hi..

BY SPIRITUAL CONFUSION “Ye know not what ye ask.” Matthew 20:22 There are times in spiritual life when there is confusion, and it is no way out to say that there ought not to be confusion. It is not a question of right and wrong, but a question of God taking you by a way which in the meantime you do not understand, and it is only by going through the confusion that you will get at what God ..

MISSIONARY MUNITIONS “If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:14 Ministering as Opportunity Surrounds Us. This does not mean selecting our surroundings, it means being very selectly God’s in any haphazard surroundings which He engineers for us. The characteristics we manifest in our immediate surroundings are indications..

MISSIONARY MUNITIONS “When thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.” John 1:48 Worshipping as Occasion Serves. We imagine we would be all right if a big crisis arose; but the big crisis will only reveal the stuff we are made of, it will not put anything into us. “If God gives the call, of course I will rise to the occasion.” You will not unless you have risen to the occasion in the wor..

DO IT YOURSELF “Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 Determinedly Discipline Other Things. This is another aspect of the strenuous nature of sainthood. Paul says—“I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ.” (MOFFAT). How much Christian work there is to-day which has never been disciplined, but has simply sprung into being by ..