We may see then
that the mote we were so conscious of before, is virtually
non-existent--it was but the projection of something that was in us.
On the other hand, we may have revealed to us hidden underlying
things, of which he himself was hardly conscious. Then as God leads
us, we must lovingly and humbly challenge him, so that he may see
them too, and bring them to the Fountain for sin and find
deliverance. He will be more likely than ever to let us do it--indeed
if he is a humble man, he will be grateful to us, for he will know
now that there is no selfish motive in our heart, but only love and
concern for him.

When God is leading us to challenge another, let not fear hold us
back. Let us not argue or press our point. Let us just say what God
has told us to and leave it there. It is God's work, not ours, to
cause the other to see it. It takes time to be willing to bend "the
proud stiff-necked I." When we in turn are challenged, let us not
defend ourselves and explain ourselves. Let us take it in silence,
thanking the other; and then go to God about it and ask Him. If he
was right, let us be humble enough to go and tell him, and praise God
together. There is no doubt that we need each other desperately.
There are blind spots in all our lives that we shall never see,
unless we are prepared for another to be God's channel to us.

CHAPTER 8
ARE YOU WILLING TO BE A SERVANT?

Nothing is clearer from the New Testament than that the Lord Jesus
expects us to take the low position of servants. This is not just an
extra obligation, which we may or may not assume as we please. It is
the very heart of that new relationship which the disciple is to take
up to God and to his fellows if he is to know fellowship with Christ
and any degree of holiness in his life. When we understand the
humbling and self-emptying that is involved in really being a
servant, it becomes evident that only those who are prepared to live
quite definitely under the shadow of Calvary, ever contemplating the
humility and brokenness of the Lord Jesus for us, will be willing for
that position.

As we approach this subject and its personal application in detail to
our lives, there are three preliminary things which need to be said
to prepare us to understand the low and humbling position which He
wants us to take.

In the Old Testament two sorts of servants are mentioned. There are
the hired servants, who have wages paid to them and have certain