A visitor to Lambarene found the great medical missionary, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, pushing a wheelbarrow as he helped build a new road. The visitor was shocked to find the famous doctor performing such a menial task. “Doctor Schweitzer,” he asked, “why are you doing that? How is it that you push a wheelbarrow?” With a twinkle in his eye, Schweitzer replied, “Oh, that’s very simple. You just pick up a shovel, fill up the wheelbarrow with dirt, then take hold of the handle, and push.”
That is the way the Lord’s work gets done. There really isn’t very much glamour in our day-to-day tasks and the day-to-day decisions we make for Christ and His Kingdom. We need to learn that most of the triumphs of the Christian Faith are won in the daily round of loving service. We must never get the notion that being a Christian relives us of work and responsibility and struggle. We must never mistake the Kingdom for Utopia, for there…
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