The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 541

GOOD WORKS

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work which God has prepared for us, as our own; to appropriate what God gives us. schoolboy has to make a speech before a strange awkward An It is a difficult task, and he does not even know how to audience. Then his father calls him All efforts are useless. his own begin. " If you commit this little speech which I have prepared, says: and and recite it without missing a word, it will be a success." And the boy obeys. There is nothing of himself it is all his father's work; he merely believes that what his father has prepared for him to ourselves

—

is

good.

And

in this confidence

he goes before the strange audi-

ence, delivers his father's composition,

However,

and succeeds.

the writing of the speech did not end the matter, and

it

could not

be ended until the boy had done his part. When God has prepared the good work for us, the matter is not ended until we do what God has prepared for us. Coming home the boy does not proudly ask a reward, but with gratitude he embraces his father for his love and faithfulness. Having obtained success, God's children are profoundly thankful for their Father's excellent help; and they acknowledge that they owe it all to Him. And if He is pleased to give them a reward, it is not because they have deserved it for if it were a question of desert, the children would have to give everything to the Father! But it is merely a reward of love for the future support of their faith. ;

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