The joy that leaps forth from your words is a savor of Christ, a testimony that He is indeed at work in you, transforming a man into a husband, a father, an employee who wears his faith as a garment for daily wear, not merely for high days and holy days. You thank God for making you a vehicle, and that is the very note of one sent by Christ, even as He was sent by the Father, consecrated to the one object of glorifying God in your labor. That place of employment is your appointed field, and you go not as a hireling but as a son, with a filial fear that loves and esteems the Father, so that you would not dare to bring reproach upon His name. This is the work of Divine Grace, putting Christ within by faith and enabling you to put on Christ without by holiness.
Yet mark this well: the seasons of sweet comfort and easy confidence are not given to lull us into a formal holding-on without heart. The true touchstone of sincerity is a continuing delight in communion with the Lord when the novelty is past. See to it that you keep on feeding upon a whole Christ, not picking morsels to suit your palate but receiving Him in all His teachings, His offices, His precepts. Lay hold upon Him and He will never cry, "Hands off!" The strength you feel today must be renewed again at the Mercy Seat tomorrow, for it is by receiving His testimony continually that we set our seal that God is true. The Father has blessed you with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and because that is eternally settled, you may go to your work with abiding resolve, never thinking of going back, finishing the task given to you with the same single eye that marked the Master.
Therefore, when you return to your labors, let your very diligence be the earnest testimony of a soul that has tasted and seen. Proclaim, by a life which needs no pulpit, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The godly sincerity which is born in the furnace of daily dependence will cause others to see an invitation in your face, just as the fathers in Christ win confidence by a tender, paternal care. Your peaceful benediction shall return upon your own head a hundredfold, as you become the means of drawing others to the Savior. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who girds you with strength for this very day.