WHAT beautiful horses and what a kind master! We know he is kind, because he is waiting patiently for both horses to drink their fill; and he has taken the bits from their mouths, so that they can drink with ease. God takes account of all these things, and He says: “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.” Prov. 12:1010A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Proverbs 12:10).
Have you a kind master? Perhaps you will say, “I have no master, I am no one’s servant.” So you think, and so thought a young woman of whom I will tell you.
An aged servant of Christ had been visiting in the family where this young woman was working. On leaving, he handed out some money, and said: “Divide this among the servants.”
The young woman was indignant, and said, “I am nobody’s servant!” A little boy in the family answered her thus: “Why, you must be somebody’s servant; you arc either a servant of the Lord or of the Devil.”
And so I ask you affectionately, Whose servant are you? Who is your master? If you can subscribe yourself like “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,” (Rom. 1:11Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Romans 1:1)) happy are you. I know you can say, He is a good, kind Master. But if alas! you are the slave of Satan you will find him a hard master. He may give you the pleasures of sin for a season, but the WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. Oh if you are his slave, I beseech you before it is too late, throw off his yoke, and take Christ’s easy yoke. Matt. 11:3030For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30). May it be true of each dear reader, “ONE IS YOUR MASTER EVEN CHRIST AND ALL YE ARE BRETHREN.” Matt. 23:88But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. (Matthew 23:8).
Messages of God’s Love 9/3/1905