The Service of God in Daily Life
THE requirements of the service of God extend to all the situations in which his servants are authorized to be. Thus it is scripturally said, “Let them learn first to show piety at home, for this is good and acceptable before God.” And again, “Speak every man truth with his neighbor.” Furthermore, “For this is the will of God, that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.” Yet again, “Render, therefore, to all their dues.” Also, “Owe no man anything, but to love one another.” As also, “What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” These are among the requirements of the service of God in daily life, which call for integrity and honesty and generosity, as much as for praying and psalm-singing. We are not only to regard ourselves as the servants of God in ecclesiastical relations, but also in the wide world, where as the true exponents of morality and every virtue of life, we may serve God, who has required our love to him only to exceed our love to man.—Sel.