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October 18, 2007
THE KEY TO MISSIONARY DEVOTION
For His name's sake they went forth.
3 John 1:7
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Our Lord has told us how love to Him is to manifest itself. "Lovest
thou Me?" "Feed My sheep" - identify yourself with My interests in
other people, not, identify Me with your interests in other people. 1
Corinthians 8:4-8 gives the character of this love, it is the love of
God expressing itself. The test of my love for Jesus is the practical
one, all the rest is sentimental jargon.
Loyalty to Jesus Christ is the supernatural work of Redemption
wrought in me by the Holy Ghost Who sheds abroad the love of God in
my heart, and that love works efficaciously through me in contact
with everyone I meet. I remain loyal to His Name although every
common-sense fact gives the lie to Him, and declares that He has no
more power than a morning mist.
The key to missionary devotion means being attached to nothing and no
one saving Our Lord Himself, not being detached from things
externally. Our Lord was amazingly in and out among ordinary things;
His detachment was on the inside towards God. External detachment is
often an indication of a secret vital attachment to the things we
keep away from externally.
The loyalty of a missionary is to keep his soul concentratedly open
to the nature of the Lord Jesus Christ. The men and women Our Lord
sends out on His enterprises are the ordinary human stuff, plus
dominating devotion to Himself wrought by the Holy Ghost.
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