How much I could have Done
How much I could have Done
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And not only
as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and
then to us by the will of God.
--2 Corinthians 8:5
Before the
judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how
much I have done but by how much I could have done. In God's
sight my giving is measured not by how much I have given but by
how much I could have given and how much I had left after I made
my gift. The needs of the world and my total ability to minister
to those needs decide the worth of my service.
Not by its size is
my gift judged, but by how much of me there is in it. No man
gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything
acceptable to God until he has first given himself in love
and sacrifice....
In the work
of the church the amount one man must do to accomplish a given
task is determined by how much or how little the rest of the
company is willing to do. It is a rare church whose members all
put their shoulder to the wheel. The typical church is composed
of the few whose shoulders are bruised by their faithful labours
and the many who are unwilling to raise a blister in the service
of God and their fellow men. There may be a bit of wry humour in
all this, but it is quite certain that there will be no laughter
when each of us gives account to God of the deeds done in the
body. That
Incredible Christian, 105 by A.N.Tozer.
"Help me
to give of myself completely today, Lord. I hold nothing back,
even if at the end of the day I'm the only one with a bruised
shoulder. Amen."
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