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 this : the gracious God, who knows all thé 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. * * * We serve a God who is greater than any of our problems, and bigger than any of our needs. * * *
TRIUMPH IN TRIALS Through the years we have had nu merous physically handicapped young people here in training. It’s always a source of challenge to see how they are so victorious over the humanly dif ficult circumstances. There was a fel low in a wheel chair, paralyzed from the waist down, who was always radi ant and happy for Christ. A student friend asked him, “How is it, having these problems, that you can face your life and the world so confidently ?” His testimony was truly one of faith as he responded, “That’s easy! You see, the disease only touched my legs; it never reached my heart. That belongs to the Lord.” Trials and tribulations come to all of our lives. Yet, with a true knowl edge of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can rejoice, knowing that God’s grace is sufficient for every need. As Scripture tells us, the Lord consoles us in all our problems “that we may be able to com fort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” SELFISHNESS In the Orient there is a familiar sto ry of a man who owned a rice paddy. At a certain season, water was first channeled to him and then on to his neighbors. The irrigation flow covered his area abundantly and in the course of time his field yielded bountifully. The next season, however, this farmer who was selfish wickedly reasoned, “This water means wealth. I was too gen erous in letting it escape to others. This time I’ll keep it all for myself.” Feverishly he built up a dam to im pound the flow so that only a trickle reached his neighbor's. He not only robbed others but also much to his dis may he ruined his own crop. While the water flowed it brought blessing, but when it stood still, stagnation set in and the rice paddy became nothing more than an unfruitful marsh. In the wisdom of the book of Proverbs we read, “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withhold- eth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.” Paul rightly exhorts us, “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” 5
Dr. Ray A. Myers, (right) chairman of the Biola Board of Directors, presents a special resolution to Mr. Thomas E Steele upon his appointment as South American Representative for Biola. After nearly a decade of service in the radio ministry at Biola, Mr. Steele felt called to the mission field and service with HCJB. He wil give reports for both radio and the printed page on behalf of his work in South America for Biola and serves without remuneration.
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