“Take heed [to fulfill] the ministry which thou hast received.” Oh, dear young Christian, how is it where you are? Are you fulfilling the place where the Lord has put you? Are you walking before His eye? Are you taking heed to fulfill what has been committed to you? It is possible for us to have received a distinct commission from the Lord for a certain work we are to do for Him. It is possible to receive that and not do it. Archippus was in danger of becoming careless and giving up. Perhaps he was thinking, “This little work I am doing is not very important after all.” He was slipping, and the Apostle by the Spirit says, “Archippus, take heed.”
Now suppose you put your name in there. Let us every one put our names in there. Everyone has his bit to do in the path of witness and testimony for Christ, just as when this building was erected, each one came and did his bit. Perhaps one man worked here for months and another for ten minutes. Each one was necessary in order that this great structure might be here today. So it is in the work for our blessed Lord. Now is the time to do it. He is coming, and what we leave undone we will never be able to do. Remember, the only place to testify for your blessed Lord is here. You can’t do it in glory. Now is the time to seek to witness for Him and to live for Him.
Going back to Psalm 87, “The Lord shall count, when He writeth up the people.” We are all being written up. Let us hear the word to Archippus.