MEN WILL NOT PRAISE YOU FOR GENUINE SPIRITUALITY

“But as we are allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men but God….” (1 THESSALONIANS 2:4)

What we do for God must be done in the power of the Holy Spirit and we know and accept the fact that we may have little praise from men.

 

But what we do accomplish for Him as true spiritual work done with eternity in view will have His praise written across it!

 

Most of us have never heard, or do not remember, the name of the humble sixteen-year-old girl whose singing ministry brought such spiritual results in the Welsh revivals with Evan Roberts.

 

This quiet, humble girl would sing the gospel songs and much has been said about her spiritual gift—the Spirit-given ability to glorify Jesus Christ as Saviour when she sang. Not too much has ever been said about her voice, but the record is clear that she was a gifted soul—that the Holy Spirit seemed to be singing and moving through her yielded expression.

 

Evan Roberts would then rise to preach and there was little left for him to do. He said that he would quote from the Scriptures and add an exhortation and the people were ready to come to Christ. She had melted them with the warmth and the power of the Spirit!

 

Oh, what we would be tempted to do with her ministry in this day! We would put her on the coast-to-coast network and show off her talent—and spoil her! Thank God that they knew better than to start writing her life story.

 

She was a beautiful example of the humble use of our spiritual gifts for the glory of Jesus Christ—a simple Welsh girl willingly controlled by the Holy Spirit of God!

 

 

  1. W. Tozer