Milner

I believe a lot of people in the church deal with the issue of not being recognized for all the labor that they do in the church. Do you deal with this issue? Are you faithful to labor behind the scenes at church? Are you faithful to labor for those who are up front, indeed, for those who get more recognition for Christ? Does it make you bitter?

Consider a man named Isaac Milner, who was, for the most part, an unknown tutor at Queen's College in Cambridge University. This man, though little known, labored diligently and faithfully for Christ. Much of his work was behind the scenes labors for Christ. He led William Wilberforce to Christ. Wilberforce later became an influential British politician, and he had a great role in ending the slave trade in England. Milner also had a great Christian impact on Charles Simeon as a student. Simeon later served Christ faithfully in a church in Cambridge for over fifty years and many people came to Christ through his labors. But who has ever heard of Isaac Milner? Yet, this seemingly minor figure had a great impact upon Britain for Christ (John Piper).