Our Regard for His Interests

Our personal attitude towards our Lord affects our regard for His interests on earth. Those who love Him will do for Him that which He loves to be done. He has made us stewards for Him to give their portion of meat, in due season, to His household, according as He has given to us. The weary need rest; the anxious, peace; the broken-hearted, comfort. Sinners need the gospel; the sick, visiting; the aged and the poor, comforting. Need, deep need, exists everywhere: in city, in village, in the rich man’s house, in the humble cottage. Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, faithful to the Lord to dispense His gifts, wise towards His household to dispense according to the need of souls? There is little time left in which to serve Him. The Lord is coming: He is very near. Rest and glory are close at hand for His people. Let us live for Christ’s interests while we may; serve Him in serving His people, love Him by caring for what He loves.
Remember, fellow christian, that if you are enriched with the knowledge of the forgiveness of sins, you are favored with the peace thereof, not only for yourself, but as a steward of that grace, that you may feed poor longing souls with His divine word of pardon. If you have been taught by God of Christ in His present glory, and of the Christian’s heavenly position with Him, you are a steward of this grace to convey to others this blessed word of God. Every good thing in God’s gospel, which we possess, we hold as stewards of our Lord for His interest and glory, to communicate thereof to others.
But the meat must be given in due season, for the food a child needs is not that which the young man or the father in Christ requires. The wisdom necessary to a steward is gained by knowing the mind of his lord, and we must needs be frequently with our Lord to receive His instructions relative to His household.
“Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing!”
Ponder over those words. How sweet, how encouraging they are. Labor on, spend and be spent for Christ. You have only one life to give to Christ on earth; let Him have every moment of it. Yet why does the Lord say servant instead of servants? Why does He speak to us in the singular? Is it not that but one here and one there of His servants are truly faithful and wise in the work to which He has called us all?