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"Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field
.. . let us see if the vine flourish. " - Song of Solomon 7:11,12
The church was about to engage in earnest labour, and desired her Lord's company
in it. She does not say, "I will go," but "let us go." It is blessed working
when Jesus is at our side! It is the business of God's people to be trimmers of
God's vines. Like our first parents, we are put into the garden of the Lord for
usefulness; let us therefore go forth into the field. Observe that the church,
when she is in her right mind, in all her many labours desires to enjoy
communion with Christ. Some imagine that they cannot serve Christ actively, and
yet have fellowship with him: they are mistaken. Doubtless it is very easy to
fritter away our inward life in outward exercises, and come to complain with the
spouse, "They made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not
kept:" but there is no reason why this should be the case except our own folly
and neglect. Certain is it that a professor may do nothing, and yet grow quite
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 pretence of having secret
fellowship with Jesus: it is not sitting, but sitting at Jesus' feet which 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 who have most fellowship with Christ are
not recluses or hermits, who have much time to spare, but indefatigable
labourers who are toiling for Jesus, and who, in their toil, 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, that we can do it, and should do it
in close communion with him.
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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