Gem for Friday
May 6
". . . and that thou should give reward unto Thy servants and them that fear Thy name, small and great. (Revelation 11:18) "Praise our God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear Him, both small and great." (Revelation 19:5)
It have enjoyed and been strengthened by the thoughts that have arisen in my soul from such verses, having a legal tendency to measure ourselves with others. Be willing to be among the "small"; heaven has fitted itself for the accepting of "small" and "great" together. Do not be uneasy if you judge yourself little in either fruitfulness, or devotedness, or grace, in comparison with others. Be willing to enter heaven as a "small" one. The glory has made its reckoning accordingly. The millions of the saints are there, as well as apostles, prophets, and martyrs. All the congregation, the small ones of Dan, as well as the princes of Judah, were alike in the shout of triumph when the glory appeared. Clement and others were not Paul in the measure of their labours, in the love of Christ, and energy of the Spirit; but they were Paul as having their names alike written in the book of life. " . . . Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life." (Philippians 4:3)
The system of the glory has counted upon the small as well as the great. "In my Father's house are many mansions." (John 14:2) The Father constructed His house on the very plan of receiving the saints as well as Christ. It was part of the original design. It was built as a many mansioned house, because all that trust in Jesus were to be there just as surely as Jesus Himself. (J.G. Bellett)
N.J. Hiebert # 2239
