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REV. B. D. REIMER PRINCIPAL SYNTHESIS. MISSIONS. HOMILETICS. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. PERSONAL WORK. BIBLE INTRODUCTION. PEDAGOGY. True Success ... the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.” 1 Tim. 4:6-8. Who does not want to be successful? Success is a magic word. There is inherent in every man that desire to be successful. True, the conception of what success is, varies. To some it means possessions — a large bank account, social security, houses or lands, big business, living in luxury, to others it seems wrapped up in fame or ap¬ plause, of being seen and honored of men; to others it is the attainment of high posi¬ tions; and so we could go on. But that is not true success. The Lord Jesus Christ in His statement about the rich man that built larger barns to house his goods, who had social security, entirely removes the illusion that success lies in possessions. This man is a complete failure and a fool in spite of his riches, according to the Saviour. Again, in answer to the apostle’s aspirations to greatness in posi¬ tions and recognition the Lord shows that this also is vain and not to be desired. The apostle Paul in Phil. 3:4-7 lifts the veil of his earlier life and emphatically declares all his previous privileges, position and ad¬ vantages to be a loss, yea more than that, but dung, that he might win Christ and be conformed to Him. True success then, in the estimation of the Lord, and also of the apostle Paul— and surely we agree with them—lies not in things material, but spiritual; not in things of time, but of eternity. Paul says in I Thess. 2:19-20, also in Phil. 4:1 that they are his crown and joy in the day of the Lord, at His coming. The Lord, His Saviour, had sent him to preach the Gospel to open the eyes of the blind, bring them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, that they might have for¬ giveness of sin and the inheritance with the saints. This he had done. The result of this work was his crown and joy at the Lord’s coming. To the apostle Paul, then, true success lay in the fulfilling of the plan of God for his life. He says on the eve of his life, “I have finished my course.” He was aware that he had finished the job the Lord in¬ trusted to him, he had not failed the Lord. He had let the Lord Jesus Christ control and guide in every department and phase of his life after that memorable day on the road to Damascus. He had had only one aspiration—to please and obey Him who had died for him and saved him. Conse¬ quently the will of the Lord Jesus was his law: Jesus had come to seek and to save that which was lost—that was his passion now. That is why he could say, I am not guilty of the blood of any man.” So, when after all the persecution, dangers and sufferings of a life of unselfish devo¬ tion to the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ he is finally sentenced to be executed, he can confidently say, “I have finished my course.” Lord, I have finished the job you planned for me. I am ready to go. Oh, that everyone of us would be able to say that. Yes, true success is yours in so far as you have fulfilled the plan of God for your life, and no further. That the One who is not willing that any should perish will be able to say: “You recognized my love for the lost world and my desire that none should perish; you made my will your will, my plan yours. Well done, t hou good and faithful servant. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Yes, that person has been truly success¬ ful who will be able to say with Paul, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Hence¬ forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righte¬ ous judge, shall give me at that day.” To be able to do this we will need to heed the admonition of the apostle, “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the Word of life.” May this be the prayer of each one of our students. God empower and bless you. —B. D. Reimer
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