ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PASTORS BY SPURGEON: Put all your heart into what you do, or else put none of it

“He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God’s temple, in the instruction and the commands, to seek his God, and he prospered.” (2 Chronicles 31:21)

This is the kind of man whom people will follow. Let them just see that the whole of the man leads them, and not only a bit of him, and they will quickly learn to rely on his word. Put all your heart into what you do, or else put none of it in. Some people seem as if they have no heart, or at least their heart is only a kind of valve for the expulsion of blood, and not over vigorous in that direction, I fear. Any other kind of heart you cannot discover.

Nobody will follow a mere head. There must be a heart displayed by the man who would have a hearty following. If you want to lead others right, lead them by showing that you love the way. Be intense; be emphatic; throw your whole being into it. Be hearty when you are working, when you are praying, when you are singing. In all that you do for God and your fellow Christians, let your heart be manifest; and then it is highly probable that it may happen to you, as it did to Hezekiah, that many will rest upon your words.