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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
October, 1933
¡A r o u n d THE KING’S TABLE
thirsting in a parched and dusty lane! When the power is grounded, rooms and hearts are darkened, and wheels that should be whirling are standing lifeless. Try hours for Christ, and hours for the Word. Spend hours on your knees. Have obedient hearts, with yielded, separated lives, and see what God can do, by getting His power at work in the world. Like Samuel, let us be determined to let none of His words fall to the ground. Your Fruit in Your Season “ That bring'eth forth his fruit in his season” (Psa. 1 :3) . I n t h e first psalm, God gives us .a picture of what He desires every believer to become. In the first verse, He desires that we should not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor-sit in the seat o f the scornful. There is one thing, however, He does desire, and that is that we should meditate upon His Word day and night. V , „ , • , , If a believer will meditate, then God tells him that he will become like a planted tree—planted where God knows he will bring forth the most and the best fruit, whether it be at home or abroad. He will be planted, or set out, and rooted, that he may not be carried about, or tossed to and fro, by every wind of doctrine, but be built up in the faith planted by rivers of water, rivers of love, joy, and peace. God’s, great desire is that His children shall be fruitful and multiply, to bring forth fruit, more fruit, and much The third verse o f the first psalm speaks of “ his fruit.’ Each individual member o f the body of Christ is expected not only to be fruitful, but to bring forth his fruit, such as no one else can bring forth. You, my friend, can touch some souls and bring them to Christ, that no one else can bring. Paul speaks; of certain believers as his joy and crown.” No one but Paul could have touched those souls. Are there still some without the knowledge of Christ, be cause you and I have not fulfilled the conditions of verses one and two? . . , . Notice also that the believer will bring forth this fruit “ in his season.” Carey, Payton, Spurgeon, Wesley, Moody, and Torrey all came upon the scene in God s appointed time, and brought forth their fruit in their season. Who knows but you have also come to the kingdom for just this special time! It is a time of unusual stress and strain, a time of depression, of spiritual lukewarmness and indif ference. It is a time when we all need to be stirred up to bring forth our fruit in our season. . This fruit is not produced through self-ettort. i ne word “ bringeth” suggests a power outside of self. W e may plant and water, but it is God who gives the increase. Fruit bearing, on the part o f a meditating believer, is perfectly natural. It is the result of an abiding, planted life, for it we are planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall also share the likeness o f His resurrection— that life that produces fruit unto His glory and honor. I Not H but Christ,” Paul tells us. “ For without me [the Lord Jesus Christ] ye can do nothing.” Heavenly Father, may we all become more yielded, planted, letting Thy power bring forth fruit through us. There are many withered souls about us, with no strength and beauty of their own, because they have no life in Christ. W e need not be like them. W e are in Him, rooted and grounded in love. May we bear fruit abundantly, for His glory. Amen.
[The devotional comments enjoyed this month, around the King’s table are furnished by Dr. Charles E. Fuller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bible Institute. Dr. Fuller, graduated from the Institute in 1921. He is now giving his full time to the radio ministry,, as managing director o f the Gospel Broadcasting Associa tion, which was organized this past year. Plans are now being formulated which will make possible the carry ing forward o f this ministry through the facilities o f radio stations KHJ and KFI, Los Angeles, beginning in October.r-E.v>rrou.] Short-Circuits
C harles E. F uller
“ And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and. did let none o f his words fall to the ground (1 Sam. 3 .19 ). c zy f om etim e ago, on a summer vacation trip, I came upon jC j a group of men at Huntington Lake. These men were gathered around a table, in deep consideration of some very difficult problems. Blueprints were scattered over the table. The men, who were in the employ of the Edison Company, were studying and discussing how to deliver to the various homes and places o f business in Southern California the maximum of electric energy with the mini mum of loss. Various types of insulators were under dis cussion. Their aim was to construct, and install the best type of insulator, thus preventing any appreciable loss of power, or the short-circuiting of electrical energy. O f what use would it be to have the finest water turbines, the bright est polished switches, the best reinforced concrete power houses, if the electrical energy there generated became dis- sipated or short-circuited in transit? It could not thus ac complish what was expected of it; namely, to light the darkened rooms of countless homes, to turn the wheels of industry in the manufacture o f useful products and articles of food, and to pump water for irrigating the thirsty land. While meditating on Samuel, and his life of usefulness and power, this incident came to mind. Samuel caught the vision of power. He became a good insulator, in that he let none of God’s words fall to the ground, to become short-circuited, or dissipated. Samuel was a channel through which light was brought to Israel, in some of that nation’s darkest hours. His name finds a place in the Westminster gallery o f faith (the eleventh chapter o f He brews) as one of God’s chosen vessels. What was the heart o f Samuel’s secret of power ? It is told in one word— obedience. Do you desire to be a chan nel through whom God can bless the waiting, perplexed, hungry multitudes in these trying times? Do you desire to bring light and salvation to them ? Be a good insulator, by letting the Word dwell in you richly, by meditating upon it often, by being obedient, even in the smallest thing by being separated, touching not the unclean thing, by letting none o f God’s Word fall to the ground Be a good insulator by giving the Word o f God first P(ace m vour life. First study to know God’s will, then obey it. All this takes time. Spurgeon said: “ W e take hours for the world_moments for Christ!” What a shame, what a waste and loss o f power, when the people all about us are
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