Loyalty and Love

Loyalty to Christ brings with it loyalty to man for whom Christ died; and wherever there is a human being needing help, there the true Christian heart will run, with its glad “Here am I.” We need more and more of this readiness to be at the service of our fellows, for it is by our service for our brother that we best prove our loyalty to our Lord.

Loyalty and love are not mere emotions, but mastering energies. They are not simply feelings, but solid facts. They are not summed up in dreamy sentiments, but in definite sacrifices. In the Bible loyalty and love are always expressed in acts and facts, not in mere aspirations and fancies. “God so loved the world that He gave. Christ loved the Church, …and gave. “Who loved me, and gave.” So it must be with us. Love is proved by labour, by service, by expenditure of thought, prayer, effort, yea, of our very selves. This is the true attitude of the believer as he stands witnessing for God to others. The whole of his life is speaking to all around: “Let me serve you in any possible way.” “Here am I.”