| Finding the Way |
Chapter 13 |
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There is a remarkable direction in our Lord’s instruction to the Seventy. Among other things, He bade them salute no man by the way. The salutations of those days were tedious and required much time, and the errands on which His messengers were sent were urgent and required haste. Not a moment must be lost on the way. When a disciple begged to be allowed to bury his father before going on his errand, the Master refused the request. The dead could bury their own dead, and he must hasten to carry the Gospel message.
If we would concentrate all our energies in one purpose, we should do all our work better. We would then always do our best, even in the commonest things of our daily task work. If we are writing only a postal card to a friend, we will do it as carefully as if we were writing a letter of greatest importance. We would gather all the forces of our heart into the simplest kindness we show to any one. There are authors who have written one or two books of great interest and value and then have grown indifferent, doing nothing more worth while. They were too well satisfied with their early success or a little praise turned their heads, and they never did their best again.
“If at first you do succeed,
Try again!
Life is more than just one deed;
Try again.
Never stop with what you’ve done,
More remains than you have won,
Full content’s vouchsafed to none;
Try again!”
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