| Finding the Way |
Chapter 12 |
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Work is part of the plan of God for our lives. The affairs of the world go on well only when every one is doing his part. To each one his particular work is assigned. Whether our part is great or small, conspicuous or obscure, if it is the Divine allotment for us, it is noble and worthy. The Koran tells of Gabriel being sent to earth to do two things. One was to keep King Solomon in his exultation over his royal steeds from forgetting the hour of prayer; the other was to help a little yellow ant on the slope of Ararat, which had grown weary in getting home the food it was bearing. To Gabriel the one command seemed as important as the other, and the one task as worthy, since God had ordained both.
“Silently he left
The Presence and prevented the kings sin
And help the little ant at entering in.”
If our work is Divinely allotted nothing is unfit for kingliest hands. That which God assigns is most worthy. If blacking shoes is a man’s duty, is the task allotted to him for the time, there is no other work in all the world that would be so noble and worthy for him that particular day or hour.
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