God lives and works today, and there is
nothing more wonderful than to be drawn into
his royal service, to be able to live
and work for his kingdom.
This brings ultimate satisfaction in life, for which
all of us are longing.
Today, a testimony from the life of Basilia
Schlenk will tell us more about what it
means to be in the service of the
King.
When I was young and attending Bible school,
one of my teachers had a favorite saying.
There is no greater honor for a person
than to be called by God into his
service.
This saying went deep into my heart.
Then later, God actually did call me into
his service.
When I thought back to my teacher's parole,
I realized that my happiness over her words
was no longer the same.
No, now it had become a song of
jubilation in my heart.
I can serve him who is the King
of kings, who will come again in glory,
who created heaven and earth, who is greater
than everything, whose wisdom is beyond our understanding,
and whose power reaches to the ends of
the universe.
I could scarcely grasp the wonder that sinners
should be called to be co-workers with
God.
And in my great joy, I wrote a
little booklet about this.
How amazing that we sinners should be granted
such an honor as to be called to
work with and for God.
And yet, even harder to comprehend were Jesus'
own words in John 12, verse 26.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor
him.
Our service is so precious to our Lord
Jesus that when he returns, all those who
have served him single-heartedly will be able
to reign with him over all the nations
of the world.
Who will rejoice with me today that we
have such a Lord and King, and that
we found him in a time so corrupted
by deceivers, false leaders and teachers, and anti
-Christian powers?
We have been privileged to find him and
to give him our lives.
Yes, and whoever hasn't done this yet may
do so in this hour.
Perhaps you are the one Jesus is looking
for right now, to whom he is calling,
Come, follow me.
Will you still hesitate?
In view of such a Lord, how could
you even pause to think about what it
might cost you?
I've experienced that no matter what it costs
us, it's far too little compared with the
overwhelming joy, honor and glory to be allowed
to serve such a King.
The more it costs us, the more our
sacrifice is worth to him, and the more
far-reaching and precious the fruit of our
work will be.
Yes, make me thine.
Take all I love and treasure.
My life, my honor, is that brings thee
pleasure and shows my love.
Yes, make me thine.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basile Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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works today, visit us at our website, www
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