CO 3:9{CO 6:1{AR 16:20{Divine fellowship of work! Will not this thought ennoble everything He gives us to do today, even if it is among plants and hedges! Even the pottery will be grand! But dwelling and working must go together. If we are indeed dwelling with the King, we shall be working for Him, too, "as we have opportunity." The working will be as the dwelling—a settled, regular thing, whatever form it may take at His appointment. Nor will His work ever be done when we are not dwelling with Him. It will be our own work then, not His, and it will not "abide." We shall come under the condemnation of the vine which was pronounced "empty," because "he bringeth forth fruit unto himself." We are, like the potters of old, to dwell with the King "for His work"; but He will see to it that it shall be for a great deal besides—for a great continual reward according to His own heart and out of His royal bounty—for peace, for power, for love, for gladness, for likeness to Himself. "Be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work, for 1 am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.”
Lord! to Thy command we bow, touch our lips with altar tire;
Let Thy Spirit kindle now, faith and zeal and strong desire;
So that henceforth we may be fellow-workers, Lord, with Thee.