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John Wesley, the 18th century English evangelist who is credited with starting the Methodist Church, traveled an average of 20 miles a day for 40 years.
He got up every morning at 4:00.
He preached 40,000 sermons.
He produced 400 books and knew 10 languages.
At
the age of 83, he was annoyed because he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a
day without hurting his eyes, and at the age of 86, he was ashamed that he
couldn’t preach more than twice a day.
He complained in his diary that he had an increasing tendency to lay in
bed until 5:30 in the morning.
According to the
Book of Numbers, 600,000 men were led out of slavery in Egypt that they might
be led to the Promised Land. Including
women and children, the total number of Israelites was around 2 million. But, how many “finished the race and claimed
the prize?” How many adults actually entered into and reaped God’s blessings in
the Promised Land?
Two! - Joshua
and Caleb.
What happened to the rest? The Bible tells us they were disqualified due to their sins – choosing to follow ways other than God’s ways, to rely on powers other than His Might, to worship idols rather than the Holy One.
What happened to the rest? The Bible tells us they were disqualified due to their sins – choosing to follow ways other than God’s ways, to rely on powers other than His Might, to worship idols rather than the Holy One.
What happened to those who were
disqualified? They all died, never
seeing or tasting God's greatest blessings!
It still happens all the time...and we
are a long ways removed from Moses time.
Disqualification
from the peace and power of the Lord because of no self discipline.
If someone were
to ask us to think of some men and women who practiced the characteristics of
Christian character it is quite likely we would simultaneously think of some of
the same people.
The honesty
of George Washington who it is claimed confessed to the chopping down of a
cherry tree. And young Abraham Lincoln who once walked miles to return a few
pennies to a woman he had mistakenly overcharged.
The
compassion of Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House.
The courage
of Nathan Hale, who regretted he had but one life to give for his country.
Did any of us
think of each other? Is the Christian
character of any of us so strong that our name automatically shot to the top of
the list?
A little girl overheard her wealthy father praying for a
destitute neighbor. When the prayer was
over the daughter asked, "Daddy, why trouble God with that?
You can give our neighbor what he
needs."
Prayer is certainly
important, but think how often we are so busy praying for our neighbor we don't
take the time to do something about our neighbors problem ourselves.
People of
Christian character DO GOOD things. They
do it when it is convenient. They do it
when it is inconvenient. They do it when
they want to do it. They do it when it
is the last thing they want to do.
When
it comes to having a moral, Christian code and living by it, do you want to be
just average? Do you want your guiding
word to be "sometimes?"
Don't do that
to yourself. Instead create a person of
spiritual and moral discipline. Live
tall and sun crowned above the crowd. Allow Christian
character to be your new middle name
(to be continued).
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