Do I Find Delight in Work?
By D. H. KRESS, M. D.
CHRIST said what every child of God will say, “I delight to do thy will.” So fully was his heart in his work, that on one occasion when his disciples prayed for him to take time to eat, he said, “I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” The spirit of the world has in a great measure been brought into the Christian church and into Christian institutions. Many there are who are following, not because they take delight in service, but because of the loaves and fishes. Of the redeemed it is said, “They serve him day and night in his temple.” The question with them is not, “What shall we have therefore?” Their delight is in service, and their reward is the blessing found in service. They ask for no greater reward than the privilege to serve. They seek the kingdom of God, making it first; and what the world seeks for and works for God adds. When labor is a delight, men and women will find it an act of self-denial to take a day off occasionally, even when necessary; for it is their meat to do the will of him that sent them, and to finish his work. To this class will be afforded the privilege of serving him day and night in the temple. Only those who would take delight in serving him day and night here will be given the privilege of serving him day and night there. When labor becomes a delight, there is recreation in it; there is health in it. Unwilling workers can never be in possession of the best of health. There is weariness and death in drudgery. Only those who do with their might what their hands find to do, and do it heartily as unto the Lord, can experience the blessing there exists in labor; for “he giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” There exists no excuse for any Christian to be idle. There is work in abundance. Only hirelings experience difficulty to get work, because it is not work they are after.