Ephesians 3:8

“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ.”
— Ephesians 3:8

The apostle Paul felt it a great privilege to be allowed to preach the
gospel. He did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but he entered
upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was thus thankful for his
office, his success in it greatly humbled him. The fuller a vessel
becomes, the deeper it sinks in the water. Idlers may indulge a fond
conceit of their abilities, because they are untried; but the earnest
worker soon learns his own weakness. If you seek humility, try hard
work; if you would know your nothingness, attempt some great thing for
Jesus. If you would feel how utterly powerless you are apart from the
living God, attempt especially the great work of proclaiming the
unsearchable riches of Christ, and you will know, as you never knew
before, what a weak unworthy thing you are. Although the apostle thus
knew and confessed his weakness, he was never perplexed as to the
subject of his ministry. From his first sermon to his last, Paul
preached Christ, and nothing but Christ. He lifted up the cross, and
extolled the Son of God who bled thereon. Follow his example in all
your personal efforts to spread the glad tidings of salvation, and let
“Christ and him crucified” be your ever recurring theme. The Christian
should be like those lovely spring flowers which, when the sun is
shining, open their golden cups, as if saying, “Fill us with thy
beams!” but when the sun is hidden behind a cloud, they close their
cups and droop their heads. So should the Christian feel the sweet
influence of Jesus; Jesus must be his sun, and he must be the flower
which yields itself to the Sun of Righteousness. Oh! to speak of Christ
alone, this is the subject which is both “seed for the sower, and bread
for the eater.” This is the live coal for the lip of the speaker, and
the master-key to the heart of the hearer.

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• FB MEYER-THE SECRET OF GUIDANCE – Chapter 9 – 2025
• UNDAUNTED RADIANCE – 2024
• Jeremiah 18 – 2024
• Mathew 4 – 2013
• A stranger to Christianity – 2011
• None so much in danger as the self-secure – 2011
• The wicked are like thorns before the fire – 2011
• Irresistible Grace – 2011
• God’s Glory established through human weakness – 2011