Me:  What are you going to do with that axe Prodigal?

Prodigal:  I am about to chop some wood.

Me:  Well make sure the blade is sharp, it will make it easier.

Prodigal:  Thank you I will

 

Today I will share from the book Lectures to My Students from Charles Spurgeon

 

Every workman knows the necessity of keeping his tools in a good state of repair….If the workman lose the edge…he knows that there will be a greater draught upon his energies, or his work will be badly done…

It will be in vain for me to stock my library, or organize societies, or projects schemes, if I neglect the culture of myself; for books, and agencies, and systems, are only remotely the instruments of my holy calling; my own spirit, soul, and body are my nearest machinery for sacred service; my spiritual faculties, and my inner life, are my battle axe and weapons for war….

 

We are still called today to nurture our spirits with Christ so that we can go out into battle.  We do not battle for ourselves but we battle for the Lord.

 

Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this world:  but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org