David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers. Acts 13:36

From 'A Table In the Wilderness', a book of daily meditationsfrom the ministry of Watchman Nee. 


David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God,
fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers. Acts 13:36

David served in one generation, his own. He could not serve in two! Where today we seek to perpetuate our work by setting up an organisation or society or system, the Old Testament saints served their own day and passed on. This is an important principle of life. Wheat is sown, grows, ears, is reaped, and then the whole plant, even to the root, is ploughed out. God's work is spiritual to the point of having no earthly roots, no smell of earth on it at all. Men pass on, but the Lord remains. Everything to do with the Church must be up-to-date and living, meeting the present -- one could even say the passing -- needs of the hour. Never must it become fixed, earth-bound, static. God Himself takes away His workers, but He gives others. Our work suffers, but His never does. Nothing touches Him. He is still God.


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