[Songs in the Night - November 11]
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts 11:21
THE word hand as a symbol signifies power and
direction.
Here we have the true secret of all successful
Christian work which will have the divine
approval.
Each individual Christian, so to speak, is a
finger of the Lord....If we would be used and useful
as God's agencies, ambassadors, we should seek to be
impulsed and guided by him.
We are to hear his voice
through the Scriptures and we are to realize his energizing
power in the spirit of the truth....Nor are
we to gauge the success of our endeavors by the great
numbers, as in this case, which was quite exceptional.
We should, however, expect some fruitage to
our labors, and if peradventure, by unwisdom in our
methods of presenting the message we have lost our
influence as "ambassadors for God," we should seek to
appreciate the lesson of greater wisdom and should
look to the Lord for an open door to service along some
other lines or in some other place, where our lessons of
experience could be put to practical effect. Z'09-90 R4357:2 (Hymn 275)