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Thus imperfectly has the Master’s great lesson been set forth. He who learns the lesson — to live without anxiety — has mastered the art of living. He is ready now to live sweetly and most effectively. It is said that the electric dynamo is nearly perfect in its conservation of force; that ninety-five per cent of its power is utilized. If we could learn to live so that ninety-five per cent of our energy should become light or power, it would be a wonderful triumph. We waste life’s force in many ways, but in no way more needlessly or more uselessly than in worrying. He who has learned to live without worry, has learned to live and work without waste of energy. Life is so short, and there is so much that ought to be done, that whatever enables us to hold the forces of our being in hand for true and useful service, adds greatly to the value of our existence.
This is the lesson. Is it not worth while to learn it? It can be learned. It will not come easily — nothing really worth while comes easily. But it can be learned. It ought to be learned, too, by every follower of Christ.
He will help us to learn it, for He understands how hard it is. Yet it is as a Teacher that He promises to give us the help. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest… Learn of me… and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” He would teach us how to live so that we may find this rest — which is the very blessing of which we have been thinking — the blessedness of not worrying. We cannot get the lesson in one day. He does not give it to us as a gift, passing it from His hand into ours. It is a blessing which has to be taken into our life through our own learning and doing.
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