Monday, May 10, 2010

Let us go together...

Yes. I would have loved to be able to worship the Lord in church yesterday with my fellow family in Christ, however: I felt like God called me out to serve. So I did. I know several people don't get that and feel the need to tell me. I know you are motivated by love and care for me. I do admit though, it makes me sad. I prayed, I danced, I worshiped. I experienced the filling of the Spirit and received fresh faith for the Journey. God is bigger than the four walls of the church. I am however looking forward to worshiping with my family in the church building next Sunday.
I was blessed anew last night as I was reading Charles Spurgeon's:
"Morning and Evening" evening May 9th.
Here it is:

"Come, My beloved, let us go out into the fields...Let Us...See whether the vines have budded. Song of Solomon 7:11-12"
The Bride was about to engage in hard work and desired her beloved's company in it. She does not say, "I will go," but "let us go," In like fashion, it is a blessing to work when Jesus is at our side! It is the business of God's people to be the trimmers of God's vines. Like our first parents, we are put into the garden of the Lord for usefulness; let us then go out into the fields. When God's people are thinking properly, they desire to enjoy communion with Christ. Some may imagine the cannot serve Christ actively and still have fellowship with Him; they are mistaken. Ther is no doubt that we may easily neglect our inward life in outward exercises and be forced to say, "They made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own my vineyard have I not kept!" There is no reason why this should be the case except for our foolishness and neglect. It is certain that a professing Christian may do nothing and end up just as lifeless in spiritual things as those who are most busy. Mary was not praised for sitting still, but for her sitting at Jesus' feet. Even so, Christians are not to be praised for neglecting duties under the pretense of having secret fellowship with Jesus: It is not sitting, but sitting at Jesus' feet that is commendable. Do not think that activity is in itself an evil: It is a great blessing and a means of grace to us. Paul called it a Grace given to him to be allowed to preach; and every form of Christian service may become a personal blessing to those engaged in it. Those whose have most fellowship with Christ are not recluses or hermits, who have time on their hands, but tireless workers who are toiling for Jesus and who, in their endeavor have Him side by side with them, so that they are workers together with God. Let us remember then, in anything we have to do for Jesus, we can do it and should do it in close communion with HIM.

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