Entrusted Capital

[Thompson, Darryl]

Entrusted Capital 

     Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with
you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. John 12:35.  

     This is the warning we would give to you who claim to believe the
truth. "Yet a little while is the light with you." We would ask you to
consider the shortness of human life, how swiftly time is passing.
Golden opportunities and privileges are within our reach. The plenteous,
abundant mercy of God is waiting your demand upon its richest treasures.
The Saviour is waiting to dispense His blessings freely, and the only
question is, Will you accept them? The rich provisions have been made,
and light is shining in a variety of ways; but this light will lose its
preciousness to those who do not appreciate it, who do not accept and
respond to it, or, having received it, do not pass the light along to
others.  

     Your life, your soul, your strength, your capabilities, your powers
of mind and body, are to be regarded by you as entrusted capital to be
improved for your Lord during the period of your life. You are to stand
in your allotted order in God's great army, to work out His plan in
saving your own soul and the souls of others. This you may do by living
a consistent Christian life, by putting forth earnest efforts, by
learning in the school of Christ His ways, His purposes, and
subordinating your will and way to the will and way of Christ. . . .  

     The Christian is to live a life distinctly different from that of
the worldling. The worldling lives a cheap quality of life. He consents
not to spiritual life. It is he who has the love of God that has life;
it is he whose hope is centered, not in this world, but in Christ, the
great center. . . .  

     "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God hath not life" (1 John 5:12). Those who believe in Christ derive
their motive power and the texture of their characters from Him in whom
they believe. "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves" (2 Cor. 13:5).  

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