Carol Chen’s Reviews > D. E. Hoste: A Prince with God > Status Update

measure of devotion,diligence,concentration of purpose.The missionary's personal habits and the way in which he spends his time are in unusual degree observed by those around him,any inconsistency between his message&his life being noted.It will not avail much, for example,to preach to the Chinese of access to God through the blood of Jesus if they find that there is not access to the missionary himself and his home

When young people first come out, how this one or that one makes an impression by ability, zeal, or personality. It is easy to imagine such and such a one is going to make a great success. But it is wiser to wait and see. Often the unnoticed and less gifted ones by sheer diligence and devotion become the successes.

A sensitive conscience about the use of time needs to be maintained. The fact that a missionary is not immediately responsible to some superior as to the use of his time carries with it a serious temp- tation to laxity in this matter.

Then all things will work together for good, and truly the words of the prophet will be fulfilled in our lives that for iron there shall be silver and for brass there shall be gold. God never takes away without wanting to give something better. He takes brass away to give gold - not necessarily earthly but heavenly.

We are told in Romans 8 that "all things work together for good to them that love God." Not to those that God loves, for he loves all. It is necessary to love God practically, in the experience, to maintain a right attitude towards him of quiet confidence in him and faithfulness to him. When your "brook" is dry- ing up that is the time to love.

How important it is, when some "brook" (nat- ural comfort, friendship, prosperity, health) in our lives is drying up, not to murmur, or if it is brought about by the misdoings of fellowmen not to let our minds dwell over much on it, lest we become full of bitterness; in which case these things will not work for our good but will work harm.

There was no mere outward semblance of humility covering wrong motive and hidden pride. We are to have this mind, and should be prepared to go down.

THINK of Jesus Christ. He was equal with God. That was his right place, at God's right hand. But he chose to forego his rights. He could not have been accused of pride by remaining equal with God, yet he voluntarily took a lowly place. He gladly chose it. He made himself of no reputation.

IT is a fact that our minds cannot receive cor- rect impressions of God's plan and methods for the carrying on of the work unless much time is given to waiting upon him. Nor will there be spiritual power in our public ministry for the conversion of souls and the real feeding of the flock of God with- out prolonged and strenuous supplications.

their plans are thwarted, and they themselves dis- credited and humiliated. Then is the time to act upon the injunction to "humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God," and to learn to be as a weaned child before him, and thus to be purged from that self-will and self-energy which are prone to operate with subtle but deadly effect in undiscip- lined lives.