We Get the Grace; God Gets the Glory

Charles Spurgeon:

One thing is past all question; we shall bring our Lord most glory if we get from Him much grace.
If I have

much faith, so that I can take God at His word;
much love, so that the zeal of His house eats me up;
much hope, so that I am assured of fruit from my labor;
much patience, so that I can endure hardness for Jesus’ sake;

then I shall greatly honor my Lord and King.
Oh, to have much consecration, my whole nature being absorbed in His service; then, even though my talents may be slender, I shall make my life to burn and glow with the glory of the Lord!

[From chapter 8 of Spurgeon's An All-Around Ministry. My emphasis and line breaks.]

HT: Justin Taylor