January 9

Sacrificial message bearing

“He came . . . to minister, and to give his life” (Matt. 20:28).
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).

The late King George the Fifth was about to begin his speech opening the Naval Conference in London. It was to be broadcast all over North America through fifty-nine radio stations. The current was to flow through one set of wires energized by one generator.
At the last moment, someone in the Columbia broadcasting rooms tripped over the wires and broke them. Instantly the chief control operator grasped the broken ends. For twenty minutes he literally spliced them through his body, until the break could be repaired. Spasms shook his arms, but he heroically held on, and the operation was a success, thanks to his grit.

A greater than any earthly king has a message for lost and dying men. Sinners have broken the wires. Splice them, Christian preachers, missionaries, parents, friends! Let the message of redeeming love pass through you!
True, it may cost you something. Why shouldn’t it? Jesus Christ was commissioned to carry His Father’s emancipation proclamation to a world of sin-bound slaves. The message passed through His own precious body and left it hanging limply on a cross, broken and bleeding and breathless. But it came through! The message came through!
Can we ever pay our debt to Christ? In a small measure—yes, by letting the glad tidings pass through us to others who have never heard.—Gospel Echoes.

When shall God be able to say to the devil, “Hast thou seen My Christians of today? No longer do they seek for gold or pleasure, for honors or ease; from henceforth My Christians will spill their blood for the love and cause of My beloved Son, and the salvation of the neediest of men.”—C. T. Studd.

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