SOME FEATURES OF THE SANCTIFIED LIFE Part 4

The wisdom of the fathers

SOME FEATURES OF THE SANCTIFIED LIFE? ? Part 4

A fourth feature is the working spirit, or desire?and effort to do good. The instant the disciples received this grace they flew to the fields and vineyards of God. Two thousand years after I saw the same?blessing fall upon a lady at the altar. I heard her?cry, "O my husband!" saw her spring to her feet,?rush into the audience, seize hold of the now tremendously convicted man, lead him to the altar, and in an?agony of prayer and triumph of faith lay hold now on?God, and behold ! salvation came down.?

The two?works between that of the disciples and this woman?was different in regard to magnitude of operations, but?the same spirit was at work. Not all are called to?public work, but those who have this blessing find?work to do, and gladly do it. They feel strangely?and powerfully wound up to do it. It may be laid out by the divine hand in a very obscure corner or restricted sphere; it may be a simple enduring at times,?and which will be a doing of the highest order; it may?be a marching to-day and a standing still to-morrow.?God knows, and He will direct, and the sanctified soul?will obey.?

The spirit of the working Christ abiding?in us is bound to lead out in words and deeds that?will bless the world in some way, and help to restore?the departed Paradise.

...A striking feature about it is that this work does?not seem to exhaust. The soul remains fresh. There?is a bouyancy felt throughout which delights the worker?and gives moral force to the performance in the of eyes?beholders. The soul is never so full of rest as when?engaged in this unfailing activity for heaven.?

(from "The Sanctified Life" by B. Carradine)