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Written by Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998), a British theologian, missionary, and author,. This is an excerpt from his book “A Walk Through the Bible.”

In so far as I commit all that I do, imperfect as it is, to God in Jesus Christ…trusting that what has been committed in faith will find its place in God’s final kingdom. The book of Revelation offers us the vision of a city which is on the one hand the perfection of all human striving towards beauty, civilization and good order, and on the other hand, the place where every tear is dried and where every one of us knows God face to face, and knows that we are his and he is ours. It is a vision that enables us to see the whole human story and each of our lives within that story as meaningful, and which therefore invites us through Jesus Christ to become responsible actors in history, not to seek to run away from the responsibilities and the agonies of human life in its public dimension. Each of us must be ready to take our share in all the struggles and the anguish of human history and yet with the confidence that what is committed to Christ will in the end find its place in his final kingdom.

Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. [1 Corinthians 15:58]