Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

orne and had felt some of the weariness attending these burdens. At the same timethey will never throw their whole soul, all the energies of mind and body, into the workand venture what he has ventured. It would never be their duty to do as he has done,for they could not stand at their post should they pass through a twentieth part of whathe has endured.Satan designs to obtain a foothold in that office, and unless there is a united effortand thorough watchfulness, he will accomplish his object. Some will get above thesimplicity of the work and will feel that they are sufficient when their strength is perfectweakness. God will be glorified in this great work. And unless they cherish deep andconstant humility and a firm trust in God, they will trust in self, indulge self-sufficiency,and one or more will drink the bitter cup of affliction. As the work increases, there isgreater necessity for thorough trust in God and dependence upon Him and a thoroughinterest in, and devotion to, the work. Selfish interests should be laid aside. Thereshould be much prayer, much meditation, for this is highly necessary for the successand prosperity of the work. A spirit of traffic should not be allowed in anyone who isconnected with the office. If it is permitted, the work will be neglected and marred.Common things will be placed too much upon a level with sacred things.There is great danger that some connected with the work will labor merely forwages. They manifest no special interest in the work, their heart is not in it, and theyhave no special sense of its sacred, exalted character. There is also special danger thatthose at the head of the work will become lifted up, exalted, and that the work of Godwill thus be marred, bearing the impress of the human instead of the divine. Satan iswide awake and persevering, yet Jesus lives, and all who make Him their righteousness,their defense, will be especially sustained.587