Peter saying, “I’ve a job for you to do. I want you to go and speak to Corne lius.” Peter probably protested, “He’s a Gentile. Do you want me to go to a Gentile’s house and sit down and eat with him? I can’t go anywhere near that man.” The Lord said, “Listen, Peter, you must learn to do what I tell you.” Peter went. Again, a gra cious God met a very real need. These very same wonderful things are happening today, too. Are you seeking to contact people, leading them to the Lord Jesus Christ? If not, in all probability the reason is simply th is: the gracious God, who knows all the seeking souls, did not find you to be a willing worker. Have you made yourself available? Tell the Lord that you are ready and expect Him to do something. You will never be disap pointed because when God does the organizing, blessing is inevitable. Christian victory depends not only on Christ's death for me, but also upon my death with Him. * * * God never puts a man in a place too small to grow. * * * * * *
TEARING THE FLESH How easy it is to let an unkind word slip. Why is it, when we don’t need to say a thing, we open our mouths un necessarily? While it is true that most Christians don’t use impure language, yet all too many of us tend to he hasty, severe and critical in expressing our selves. How easily the tongue becomes razor sharp. Our words cut and slash out at others. While maintaining a pious attitude, it is easy to use our mouths to speak “forked unkindness.’’ It is inter esting to realize the origin of the word “sarcasm.” How good at rationalizing we have become. The Greek verb from which sarcasm comes means “to tear flesh like dogs.” A biting remark at home, on the job, in school, or wherever you are, even if it is true, is found to tear the flesh of another. More often than not such wounds will heal very slowly. Criticism, complaining, fault finding, sarcasm characterize too many lives. We need to learn to speak in love, asking the Lord to set a watch over our lips day by day. Isn’t it true that al though the tongue weighs practically nothing it’s still surprising how few peo ple seem to be able to hold it? So may we say with the Psalmist of old, “Let the words of my mouth and the medita tion of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord, my strength and my re deemer.” M A N 'S W ORK IN HEAVEN Preaching an eloquent sermon on sal vation by grace, a minister pointed out the futility of anyone hoping to get into heaven merely through good works. He forcefully hammered home the point, “There will be no work of man in heav en! Never forget that point, no work of man will ever enter heaven.” A fter the service, as usual, he met the folk at the door. One of the faithful members, an elderly saint, commended him for his mighty pulpit oratory, going on to sug gest, “You should know, however, that there will be one work of man in heav en.” The pastor was slightly taken aback until, with a smile, she explained, ‘The one work of man that’ll be in heaven is the nail prints in the hands and feet of our blessed Lord.” She was right. We must consider the fact that we ourselves helped to wield those hammer blows as a result of our sins. Do we long to look upon Him, “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice.” 5
Not all of the work In educating students at tending the Biola School of Missionary Medicine is given in the hospital wards. Here members of a recent class do library research in a careful ana lysis of various assignments. Pictured are Judy Barcroft of Illinois (planning service in Africa), Ralph Malloy from Canada, Gordon Fraser of Cali fornia (planning service in Africa), and Bernice Lufgren from Minnesota (planning service in Brazil.) Miss Leonie V. Soubirou is dean of this distinctive educational center.
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