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Steps to Christ
You are not to wait for great occasions or to expect extraordinary
abilities before you go to work for God. You need not have a thought
of what the world will think of you. If your daily life is a testimony
to the purity and sincerity of your faith, and others are convinced that
you desire to benefit them, your efforts will not be wholly lost.
The humblest and poorest of the disciples of Jesus can be a blessing
to others. They may not realize that they are doing any special good,
but by their unconscious influence they may start waves of blessing
that will widen and deepen, and the blessed results they may never
know until the day of final reward. They do not feel or know that they
are doing anything great. They are not required to weary themselves
with anxiety about success. They have only to go forward quietly,
doing faithfully the work that God’s providence assigns, and their life
will not be in vain. Their own souls will be growing more and more
into the likeness of Christ; they are workers together with God in this
life and are thus fitting for the higher work and the unshadowed joy of
the life to come.
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