WHO is your Master? —There are but two masters, strictly speaking, and all the world is found in the service of one or the other. There is Satan, and his service is sin. The great majority serve him. But did you ever consider what are his wages? “The wages of sin is death.” That is separation from God, happiness, and heaven for ever. There is God, His service is holiness. Only a few really serve Him. No one can serve God until he believes in Christ, submits to His righteousness, seeks and receives His Spirit. The service of God is irksome and unpleasant to the carnal mind, but it is pleasing and delightful. to those who receive grace for the purpose. The servants of God are honored now, for God is with them, and manifests Himself unto them; but they will be more highly honored by-and-by, for then their Lord will say unto them, “Well done, good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee a ruler over many things, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Reader, are you a servant of God? Do you love His service? If you are not the Lord’s servant, you are the servant of Satan.
ML 07/22/1906