If the rivers are to flow, we must drink. It cannot be otherwise. If every member of the church were in the power of this, what a very different state of things would exist! Where lies the hindrance? We are not straitened in our blessed Lord. It is His desire to use us, just as He used His disciples. He gathered them round Himself and graciously poured into their hearts the compassion of His own heart. Thus might they feel with Him and morally act for Him. We may always feel assured that where the heart is full of Christ, the power to act will not be lacking.
C. H. Mackintosh (adapted)