Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
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God can take you or me or any small weak
creature and make a mighty power out OF
u.s. for we believe. if we believe, anything
at all ABOUT God. that He can do all things
So, of course, If He chooses He can do so.
The incredible thing is that He should De
willing to do it. And SO We go right on
with our insignificant lives, never expect
ing God to do anything great with US,
mourning because we are of so little worth
and striving with all our little nights TO
get wisdom and riches and power and grow
noble and mighty that we may be worth
something to God, and all the time growing
more vain if we attain, and forgetting that
it was for God we started out to attain.
But the glorious message of this lesson is
that God hath chosen He not only is
willing to use us when we are at hand, but
He has taken the trouble to deliberately
choose the weak ones to confound the
mighty.
There must be reason for this and we
have it given in the text: That no flesh
should glory in His presence,
1t is only when Christ gives greatness
that it is safe. The greatness that men
make for themselves invariably makes them
forget God. and glory in themselves.
Marcus Dods says:
whoever is in Christ Jesus is so, not
through any wisdom or power of his own,
but because God has chosen and called him.
Let the Christian while he rejoices in his
position be humble. There is something
wrong with the mans Christianity who is
no sooner delivered from the mire himself
than he despises all who are still entangled
The self-righteous attitude assumed by
some Christians, the Look at me- air they
carry with them, seem to indicate that they
have forgotten it is by the grace of God
! they are what they are
Let us therefore take courage if We be
weak and humble, and think that the dear
God may yet choose us for some of His
mighty works. even though we may not
know it at the time, any more than the dis
eiples knew that night in the storm on the
rtnIa -icfia ni11r
in their frail little boat. But Christ was
with them.
Applied Truth.
a Young man once said: 81 am SO poor
what can I do for Christi" His friend re-
piled, why. that is Christ-like. He was
so poor He had not where to lay His head
but I have no influence said the young
man. And that is Christ-like, too, said
his friend, Christ had no influence; He
was unknown and stranger in the courts
of Rome But I have no friends. ''And
that, also, is Christ-hke. Christ had no
friends, for He vas despised and rejected of
men"
You and / can never be in any place SO
small and mean and trying but Christ has
been there too and made it great enough
for US.
How to Help the Leader.
Tell the story OF how the inf1del asked his
little girl to write upon the blackboard in
his study the words, God is nowhere and
how the little girl printed it out SO it read,
"God is now here so impressing the father
that he was led to belief in God.
Parallel Passages-Psalms 81; Isaiah
41:1415; Matthew IL %; Matthew 1854, 35;
Matthew 26;z13; Luke 21:1,3; James 2:5.
Hints to the Leader-Christian Endeavor
Hymns-9, 10, 80, 10, rs, 1888
The Endeavor sHymnaf-S6, 81, a. 142, 155,
161. gos 50
members verses or reminders of passages
of Scripture where little things have count
ed for something great. The parable of the
mustard seed the little child that Jesus set
in the midst of the disciples. etc.
Avoid allowing any to call attention to
Inconsistencies in other Christians critics.
ing those who have education. riches ETC.,
but emphasize the fact that 1t was through
humble people that Christ started the
Christian church. Bring cut the fact that
truly humble hearts are those through
which Christ can best work for the world
1t is sometimes true that the Christians
who are in the most humble circumstances
have yet the most pride in their hearts,
Call attention to this sort Of pride.
AN may Of Thee .partake;
Nothfnx SO small can be
But draws. when acted for Thy sake.
Greatness and worth from Thee.
II done beneath Thy laws
Zen servile IaboFs shine:
Hailowed IL toll II this tie cause
The meanesf work, dfvine.
GEORGE HERHERT