Jesus at Work
Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, “like sheep without a shepherd”; and he said to his disciples:
“The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.”
Calling his twelve Disciples to him, Jesus gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, as well as the power of curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
—Matthew.
Finding Life and God
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it:
This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
That low man goes on adding one to one,
His hundreds soon hit:
This high man, aiming at a million,
Misses an unit.
That, has the world here—should he need the next,
Let the world mind him!
This, throws himself on God, and unperplexed
Seeking shall find Him.
—Robert Browning.
Fellowship with Christ in Service
O Master, let me walk with Thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me Thy secret, help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care.
Teach me Thy patience; still with
Thee In closer, dearer company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong.
—Washington Gladden.