Work & Service

The Great Arbitration Case

Job 9:33

… A sigh will work it! A tear will work it. Say, "God be merciful to me, a sinner," and along the wire the message will flash and will …

The Barrier

Revelation 21:27

… This is the work, this is the difficulty and since these are to be overcome, how is the work to be done? Simple believing upon Christ brings you …

The Shame and Spitting

Isaiah 50:6

… O Holy Spirit, work this tender grace in all our hearts. II. And now, secondly, I want to set the Lord Jesus before you in another light, or …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… It must be much of the soul, for the soul's service is the soul of service. We must bring to God a compound of excellencies from all …

Zealous, But Wrong

Romans 10:1

… I love to meet with those who believe in something and who work under the pressure of their belief—and give their strength to the carrying out of …

God's Nearness To Us

Acts 17:27

… The Comforter is still at work. The Convincer still presses upon man's conscience sin, righteousness and judgment to come. Still does the Holy Spirit work with the …

Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell

Revelation 1:18

… When we have tarried awhile as disembodied spirits in Paradise, it will be Christ's work to open the gates of the grave where our bodies shall have …

The King and His Court

Psalm 101:6

… Make clear, clean, sharp, distinct, decided work of this matter, or rather, may God the Holy Spirit work this miracle of mercy in you, for Christ's name …

The Cause and Effect of Heart Trouble

John 14:27

… And because they could not work their will upon the person who had offended them, they have never been at rest—and they have really done themselves serious …

The Great Change

Hosea 14:8

… Ephraim shall say, and shall say it cheerfully, spontaneously, heartily, "What have I to do anymore with idols?" Observe, also, that this change is the work of God …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… Whatever I had that could delight me concerning Him was shallow and superficial, then, compared with the deeper delight my spirit finds in His service, in His work …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… You know that I love You"? All things work together for your good! Not only shall they work, but they are working—they work for your good now …

The Woman Which Was a Sinner

Luke 7:37-38

… Surely she thought that her chief adornment, the crown and glory of her womanhood, was all too worthless a thing to do service to the lowest and meanest …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… He was wholly given to do the Father’s will, and to work out our redemption. There was complete self-conquest too. In him no faculty arose to …

The Great Pot and the Twenty Loaves

2 Kings 4:38

… His help turned out to be of small service, for he brought home poisonous cucumbers, cut them up and threw them into the broth. And, lo, when they …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… Why should they not expect Him to work a work in their day? By the memory of what God did for your forefathers, I exhort you to trust …

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… blessed employment, but, sometimes work is better than worship—or rather, work is worship in its best form. Sometimes it is a higher service to go to see …

Holding Fast Our Profession

Hebrews 10:23

… And though it does not always work in us all the fruit we would desire, yet it does operate in a very blessed way upon our walk and …

Jesus No Phantom

Matthew 14:26

… Do not cry out as if you thought His work to be an impalpable something that comforts others, but cannot comfort you. The work of Jesus is the …

Intelligent Obedience

1 Chronicles 28:8

… Why, some of you, I dare say, have come here a good many times and you have sat through the service and have gone away again none the …

Morning, November 4

2Co 12:9

… Those who serve God must serve him in his own way, and in his strength, or he will never accept their service. That which man doth, unaided by …

Evening, May 26

Ac 14:22

… The flesh will seek to ensnare you, and to prevent your pressing on to glory. “It is weary work being a pilgrim; come, give it up. Am I …

Evening, August 19

Ps 31:4

… So deftly does the fowler do his work, that simple ones are soon surrounded by the net. The text asks that even out of Satan’s meshes the …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… He does this also because He would have some men do Him a special service. What an honor it is to do the Lord a special service! When …

Faith Omnipotent

Mark 9:23

… They found themselves, for lack of faith, unable to work a miracle. And the Pharisees triumphed. Christ came down just at the very moment and turned the scale …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… Is it dead? His quickening power shall there find a congenial sphere in which to work. Are you dark? Then there is room for His light. Are you …

Evening, December 11

Col 3:24

… To wash feet may be servile, but to wash his feet is royal work. To unloose the shoe-latchet is poor employ, but to unloose the great Master …

Evening, August 18

Mk 15:23

… injurious to us! Reader, did you never pray for a discharge from hard service or suffering with a petulant and wilful eagerness? Providence has taken from you the …

Morning, September 10

Mk 3:13

… We too shall cast out devils and work wonders if we go down into the world girded with that divine energy which Christ alone can give. It is …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… While we are hard at work for the Lord, watching against temptation, striving against sin, or bravely enduring trial, we behave ourselves well. But full often when we …

Evening, September 26

Zec 11:2

… See to it that thou be faithful in his work, for the grave shall soon be digged for thee. Be ready, parents, see that your children are brought …

Ezekiel'S Deserted Infant

Ezekiel 16:5

… the work. 5. Yet, further, Brethren—it does not appear that the pity of the passerby was shown upon this child because of any future service which was …

The Lesson of the Almond Tree

Jeremiah 1:11

… It takes no longer to tell the story than it did to work the miracle of mercy. Swift as a lightning flash I looked to Christ, and the …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… While yet this rod of Aaron bears the blossom of an unaccomplished wonder, it yields the ripe almonds of a perfect work of mercy. It is enough for …

A Blessed Wonder

Matthew 8:10

… Surely I will remember Your wonders of old." Consider well the work of God within the human heart. Consider well the faith which lies at the beginning and …

Prayer 24 — "Deliver Us from Evil"

… May there be no eye-service, no purloining, but may there be everything that adorns the Christian character. Keep us right as citizens. May we do all we …

Enquirers and Converts

… There are always the same essential marks, — death, birth, life, food, — Christ in the death, the birth, the life, the food, — repentance, faith, joy, — the work of the …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… Give Him your soul to save! Trust Him to work a good work in you and for you and you shall never die, but, with holy joy and …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… What do these days say to us but "Work while it is day, for the night comes when no man can work"? Those gray hairs scattered upon our …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… He completed the work of obedience in his life, and said to his Father, “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” Then he completed …