“In labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst.” 2 Corinthians 11:27
Here speaks a true man of God. The kingdom of God suffers
greatly from the neglectful behavior of would-be "spiritual" people
who busy themselves with prayer and Bible study, attending only to their own
spiritual needs. The Lord’s people should trust him to meet their spiritual no
less than their physical needs, and devote themselves meanwhile to the tasks
which God has given them to fulfill.
Spiritual life is for spiritual work. Its secret lies in
the continuous outflow of that life to others. We should be willing to endure
even hunger in order to accomplish what God wants us to do, and be satisfied
that our spiritual food is simply to do his will. We shall only lack if we are
self-occupied. He who is occupied with the Father’s business will find himself
perpetually satisfied.
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