Consider the experience of Moses. The education he received in Egypt as the king’s grandson and the prospective heir to the throne was very thorough. Nothing was neglected that was calculated to make him a wise man, as the Egyptians understood wisdom. He received the highest civil and military training. He felt that he was fully prepared for the work of delivering Israel from bondage. But God judged otherwise. His providence appointed Moses forty years of training in the wilderness as a keeper of sheep.
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We need to
beware of self-pity. Never indulge the feeling that you are not esteemed
as you should be, that your efforts are not appreciated, that your work
is too difficult. Let the memory of what Christ has endured for us
silence every murmuring thought. We are treated better than was our
Lord. “Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.” Jeremiah 45:5.
The Lord has no place in His work for those who have a greater desire
to win the crown than to bear the cross. He wants men who are more
intent upon doing their duty than upon receiving their reward—men who
are more solicitous for principle than for promotion.
Because
they have not the determination to take themselves in hand and to
reform, many become stereotyped in a wrong course of action. But this
need not be. They may cultivate their powers to do the very best kind of
Those
who are humble, and who do their work as unto God, may not make so
great a show as do those who are full of bustle and self-importance; but
their work counts for more. Often those who make a great parade call
attention to self, interposing between the people and God, and their
work proves a failure. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she
shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost
embrace her.” Proverbs 4:7, 8.
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service, and then they will be always in demand. They will be valued for all that they are worth.
If
any are qualified for a higher position, the Lord will lay the burden,
not alone on them, but on those who have tested them, who know their
worth, and who can understandingly urge them forward. It is those who
perform faithfully their appointed work day by day, who in God’s own
time will hear His call, “Come up higher.”
While
the shepherds were watching their flocks on the hills of Bethlehem,
angels from heaven visited them. So today while the humble worker for
God is following his employment, angels of God stand by his side,
listening to his words, noting the manner in which his work is done, to
see if larger responsibilities may be entrusted to his hands.
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