Russ was a fine Christian young fellow. One summer he bought an ice cream stand from a man who was not a Christian. This man had always kept his stand open on Sundays.
“I have always sold more ice cream on Sunday than any other day in the week,” he told Russ.
But Russ determined his stand would be closed on Sundays. “I want to honor the Lord in my business,” he told himself.
Some doubted that Russ would make a go of it, knowing that Sunday was the best day of the week to sell ice cream. But something happened. On Wednesday afternoons, when most of the stores closed, Russ kept his stand open. Soon he was doing more business on Wednesdays than he would have done on Sunday.
The Lord Jesus said, “If any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.” John 12:26.
ML-07/15/1979