A Completed Work

[Daily Devotional]

A Completed Work 

He shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace,
grace unto it. Zech. 4: 7. 

Human power did not establish the work of God, neither can human power
destroy it. To those who carry forward His work in face of difficulty and
opposition, God will give the constant guidance and guardianship of His holy
angels. His work on earth will never cease. The building of His spiritual
temple will be carried forward until it shall stand complete, and the
headstone shall be brought forth with shoutings: "Grace, grace unto it." 

Christ has given to the church a sacred charge. Every member should be a
channel through which God can communicate to the world the treasures of His
grace, the unsearchable riches of Christ. There is nothing that the Saviour
desires so much as agents who will represent to the world His Spirit and His
character. There is nothing that the world needs so much as the
manifestation through humanity of the Saviour's love. . . . 

The church is God's agency for the proclamation of truth, empowered by Him
to do a special work; and if she is loyal to Him, obedient to all His
commandments, there will dwell within her the excellency of divine grace. If
she will be true to her allegiance, if she will honor the Lord God of
Israel, there is no power that can stand against her. 

Christ desires by the fullness of His power so to strengthen His people that
through them the whole world shall be encircled with an atmosphere of grace.
When His people shall make a whole- hearted surrender of themselves to God,
this purpose will be accomplished. . . . Christ will abide in humanity, and
humanity will abide in Christ. In all the work will appear, not the
character of finite man, but the character of the infinite God. . . . 

The goodly fabric of character wrought out through divine power will receive
light and glory from heaven, and will stand before the world as a witness
pointing to the throne of the living God. Then the work will move forward
with solidity and redoubled strength. 

>From God's Amazing Grace - Page 127