Show CW ia aJ ie iMe Sa a aBy y yBy By REV LEO E. E RUBEL How do you manage to keep your balance in the presence of such distressing physical misery as you encounter encounter encounter en en- counter day after day A famous physician was once asked He replied I think of these people not as they I are but as they may become become become be be- come through competent medical and nursing care ISAIAH ONE of the I prophets of God in Old Testament times sees mankind mankind mankind man- man kind spir spiritually diseased He Heis Heis is deeply touched He weeps in sorrow But he is led by the Holy Spirit to look beyond beyond beyond be be- yond their present plight Through the Messiah they may be healed They may rise to highest dignity Isaiah writes But ye yc shall be named the priests of the Lord men shall call you I the ministers of God Isaiah I AS PRIESTS they have free access to the heart of God They may plead their own cause In gratitude they offer themselves all the faculties of body mind and soul as living sacrifices They will be ministers servants of God Jesus gave dignity to the term minister He came not to be ministered unto but to minister He lie said to his disciples who had misguided ambitions If any man will be great among you let him be your servant II FROM SINNERS to priests and servants of God this lifts life lile to a level which gives meaning and direction to our existence for which we should be eternally grateful grate grate- ful New Testament Christians through the Messiah Jesus Christ have likewise been healed from the malady of sin in order that they may be priests and servants of the Lord THE BIBLE says Ye are area a chosen generation a royal priesthood an holy nation a peculiar people that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light II 1 Peter 2 2 9 9 |