I rejoiced greatly when the
brethren testified of the
truth that is in thee. (3 John
1:3)
There is more than one kind of
joy; there is the joy of one’s own salvation. I thought, when I first tasted
that, it was the most delicious joy I had ever known, and that I could never
get beyond it. But I found, afterward, there was something more joyful than that,
the joy of the salvation of others.
Oh, the privilege, the blessed
privilege, to be used of God to win a soul to Christ, and to see a man or woman
being led out of bondage by some act of ours. To think that God should
condescend to allow us to be co-workers with Him! It is the highest honor we
can have. It surpasses the joy of our own salvation, this joy of seeing others
saved, and walking in the truth.
