We live in an age of hurry and rush. Even among Christians, we measure one’s spirituality by his so-called productivity. We so easily forget that when we stand before the Lord, the primary issue will not be the amount of our works, but “every man’s work shall be made manifest ... and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” Quality comes before quantity. We need to remember that Christian service is not an endurance contest and that the Lord “knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.” To be sure, the Lord does not want His redeemed ones to be slothful, for “he also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster,” but neither does He want us to be continually weary. “To whom He said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing.” “Thus saith the Lord God ... In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” May He not have to say to us, as He did to Israel, “Ye would not.”
It is not by our might or power
That our work for the Lord is tried,
But by the Spirit’s own working,
Who has come to us to abide.
1 Cor. 3:13; Psa. 103:14; Prov. 18:9; Isa. 28:12; 30:15.