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Morning and Evening

June 27, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." — 1 Corinthians 7:20 · KJV

Some people carry the foolish notion that the only way they can live for God is by becoming ministers, missionaries, or full-time workers for the church. If that were true, how many would be shut out from every chance of magnifying the Most High! Dear friend, it is not office but earnestness; it is not position but grace that enables us to glorify God. God is surely glorified at the shoemaker's bench, where a godly worker sings of the Savior's love as he pushes the needle through the leather, and glorified there far more than in many a cathedral seat where official religion performs its thin little duties. The name of Jesus is honored by the poor, unschooled driver as he handles his horses and blesses his God, or speaks a word to a fellow worker at the roadside, quite as much as by the famous preacher who thunders out the gospel across the country. God is glorified when we serve Him in our own proper work. Take care, dear reader, that you do not step off the path of duty by abandoning your occupation, and take care that you do not dishonor your faith while you remain in it. Think little of yourself, but do not think too little of your calling. Every honest trade can be made holy by the gospel and turned to the noblest ends. Turn to the Bible and you will find the humblest kinds of labor tied either to the boldest deeds of faith or to people whose lives shone with holiness. So do not be discontented with your calling. Whatever position or work God has given you, stay in it, unless you are quite sure He is calling you to something else. Let your first concern be to glorify God as fully as you can right where you are. Fill your present place to His praise, and if He needs you somewhere else, He will show you. This evening, set aside restless ambition and take up peaceful contentment.