There is one part of Christianity which can never be confused; that is the practical outworking of the doctrines which we hold as the revelation of God's will for us. An unbeliever may bring forth an argument against a doctrine, but he can never argue against a holy life, except to hate it and say that the one who is living it is missing the sinful joys which the world holds to be paramount.
The deep truth of our union with Christ, He the Head and we the body, has been a source of such blessing to believers that it is frequently studied. The other phase of that truth, though, that we individual believers are members one of another, is not so frequently stated.
A person who really wishes to learn how to live life more successfully must first know whether he has life to live, or whether he possesses nothing more than mere existence. When a man knows that he has "life," he knows that it is not earthly life, but eternal life, and that it bears a divine quality which makes living something more than existence.
A story is told which is very gripping in its human interest. A young officer, blinded during the war, was rehabilitated in an Army hospital. During this time he met and later married one of the nurses who took care of him. He had a tremendous devotion to her and loved her dearly. One day his keen sense of hearing overheard someone in the distance speaking about himself and his wife. "It was lucky for her that he was blind, since he never would have married so homely a woman if he had had eyes." He rose to his feet and walked toward the voices, saying, "I overheard what you said, and I thank God from the depths of my heart for blindness of eyes which might have kept me from seeing the marvelous worth of the soul of this woman who is my wife.
Man has a great need for rest. The body will die without the proper rest in sleep; the mind will crack without proper relaxation; the spirit is forever dead until it comes to rest in God. In these days of restlessness and hurry it is very necessary that the Christian know where his resting place is, and that he flee there for quiet, rest, refreshment, and strength for his daily tasks.
