'Some weary one, shut away
Some weary one, shut away in the darkness, in the chamber of pain
Many of us have our little pet projects in Christian work, our pleasant pastimes of service for our Master, things we like to do. Into these we enter with enthusiasm. They are to our liking. We give ourselves to them eagerly and with ardor.
We suppose that we are thoroughly consecrated to Christ's work because we are so willing to do these things.
Possibly we are — but there is a severer test. It is not whether we are ready to do things for Christ which we like to do — but whether we are ready to do just as heartily anything He may give us to do.
The heart of consecration is not devotion to this or that kind of service for Christ — but devotion to the Divine will as revealed in Scripture.
It may not be any form of activity — sometimes it is quiet waiting.
It is not bringing a great many souls to Christ, attending a great many religious meetings, or talking a great deal.