Wholeheartedly for Christ

“As far as it depends on me, I am ready” — Romans 1:15.

Be earnest. Intense earnestness, a whole heart for Christ, passion bearing the mark of the cross, the enthusiasm of our whole being for our Master and for humanity—this is what the Lord expects, what His cross deserves, what the world needs, and what our age has a right to look for.

Everything around us is intensely alive. Life is earnest, death is earnest, sin is earnest. People are earnest, business is earnest, knowledge is earnest, and the age is earnest. God forgive us if we alone are trifling in the white heat of this time of crisis.

Oh, for the baptism of fire! Oh, for the living coal upon the burning lips of love! Oh, for people possessed by God and surrendered to Him, grasping God’s great idea and pressing forward toward the goal, for the prize of God’s upward call in Christ Jesus!

All the world for Jesus
My prayer shall be,
And my watchword always:
Himself for me.

All the world for Jesus,
Lord, quickly come,
Bring Your promised kingdom,
And take us home.