"Go to it"

By W. PHILLIPS.
THE poster “Go To It!” confronts our eyes everywhere I today. It is the latest Government slogan to encourage all to execute the task assigned to them in these critical days. But the slogan is also a message to every Christian. It is written “whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” How we need to act upon this message in these desperate days! Christianity is in grave peril. How much we need to acknowledge before God our manifold failures to “redeem the time.” Truly, the night seems to be fast approaching when no man can work. Love of ease was one of the causes of France’s failure and defeat. We have been too comfortable in our “ceiled houses” and “rest-easy” chairs, and the enemy has swept all before him. May God allow us a little more time to accomplish His purpose. We have been too long on the defensive and our spiritual enemy has poured in his shock troops. “One of the main causes of the German victory,” a newspaper says, “was possibly due to the fact that every Nazi had been inspired with the idea of attack, attack, attack — their tactics were never to stop, never to trouble about their flanks, but to go on and on — in short, to adopt nothing but an offensive spirit.” Let us remember Joab’s counsel to the Children of Israel, “Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth Him good” (2 Sam. 10:1212Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. (2 Samuel 10:12)).
Let us above all “go to” the throne of grace. Apart from God’s favor and blessing we can do nothing against Satanic forces. God says, “Seek ye My Face.” May we reply, “Thy Face, Lord, will I seek.” Let us seek God’s forgiveness for our sins and failures to do His will and work. Let us humbly ask God’s favor that His Face may be turned toward us.
Let us “go to” the task of preaching the whole counsel of God, and point precious souls to the Lamb of God. In Daniel 11:33And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. (Daniel 11:3)2 There is a very significant message for God’s people in anti-Christian days which reads “the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” In the twelfth chapter, verse 3, it is written, “They that be wise” (marg. teachers’) “shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.”
It must be apparent to many that unless God intervenes in the struggle, churches and chapels may be practically closed, and services may be forbidden owing to air raids, but the distribution of the Word of God and Gospel literature can go on. Hitler in Mein Kampf realizes the power of the printed page. He says, “It (the printed page) is quite different from the ‘spoken’ leaflet. Especially if it is distributed gratis it will be taken up by one person or another. All the more willingly if its display title refers to a question about which everybody is talking. Perhaps the reader, after having read through the leaflet more or less thoughtfully, will have a new view-point and mental attitude, and may give his attention to the new movement.”
Nazism and Fascism have won their victories largely through individual effort. The enemy has been pounding away at the homes of the people. We are informed that “their methods are simple. Each constituency is divided into sections, and the leader appoints section leaders. These men divide their sections into streets, form teams, and put each street in the charge of one or two workers. These single units do nothing else but hammer away at the streets in their charge. They must report their progress regularly.” They certainly “go to it.” The members of “the Early Church” went from house to house carrying the glad tidings and great numbers turned to the Lord. May we seize the opportunity and “go to it “in the service of the Lord while it is called “today.”