— From the distaff side —

 

Walking with Jesus

I’ve just got to share this poem with you!  It’s by Walter S. Gresham and a rebuttal to another entitled, “The House by the Side of the Road”.  May it quicken you as it has me, to labor more in the harvest fields with Jesus — our Lord and Master.

Crowded Ways of Life

“Tis only a half truth the poet has sung in the “House by the Side of the Road.”
Our Master had neither a house nor a home, but He walked with the crowd day by day.
And I think, when I read of the poet’s desire, that a house by the road would be good;
But service is found in its tenderest form, when we walk with the crowd in the road.

So I say, Let me walk with the men in the road.  Let me seek out the burdens that crush.
Let me speak a kind word of good cheer to the weak, who are falling behind in the rush.
There are wounds to be healed, breaks we must mend; there’s a cup of cold water to give;
And the man in the road by the side of his friend, is the man who has learned to give.

Then tell me no more of the house by the road; there is only one place I can live.
It’s there with the men who are toiling along, who are needing the cheer I can give.
It is pleasant to live in a house by the way, and be a friend, as the poet has said;
But the Master is bidding us: “Bear ye their load, for your rest waiteth yonder ahead.

I could not remain in the house by the road, and watch as the toilers go on,
Their faces beclouded with pain and with sin, so burdened their strength nearly gone.
I’ll go to their side, I’ll speak in good cheer; I’ll help them to carry their load;
And I’ll smile at the man in the house by the way, as I walk with the crowd in the road.

Out there in the road that goes by the house, where the poet is singing his song,
I’ll walk and I’ll work midst the heat of the day, and I’ll help falling brothers along.
Too busy to live in the house by the way; too happy for such an abode.
And my heart sings its praise to the Master of all, Who is helping me serve in the road.

Fellow laborers and servants we are indeed, in and with Christ.  What an awesome privilege as well as responsibility.  Oh, may our prayer ever be for Him to fill us with His Holy Spirit, that His anointing would flow forth from us, to love as He loves and to accomplish those good works that He has for-ordained.  So shall we find ourselves joyfully serving Him each day in all His power and glory, reaching out to the lost, the dying, the hurting and the needy in the powerful name of Jesus Christ. (1Cor 3:16; Isaiah 61:1-6a; 1Cor 3:9; Jn 14:11-14; Ephes 2:10; 1Tim 1:7; Gal 2:20; Acts 17:28; 1Pet 2:9). In His love — D.

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