A servant of God must stand so much alone that they never know they’re alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartenments come, people who used to be lights flicker out, and those who used to stand with us pass away. We have to get so used to it that we never know we are standing alone.
“At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it…” 2 Timothy 4:16-17
We must build our faith, not on the fading light, but on the light that never fails. When people we love go their own way we are sad, until we see that they were meant to go, the one thing that remains is looking in the face of God for ourselves. Allow nothing to keep you from looking God sternly in the face about yourself and your beliefs. And every time you share His love with others see that you look God in the face about things first, then the glory will remain all through. A Christian worker is one who perpetually looks God in the face and then goes forth to talk to people. The characteristic of the ministry of Christ is that of unconscious glory that abides. We are never called on to parade our doubts or to express the hidden ecstasies of our life with God. He already knows it all. But the secret of the worker’s life is that they keep in tune with God all the time so that their light never fails.
“And we, who with the unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” -2 Corinthians 3:18.