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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

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esponsibilities be perfectly sure that they are<br />

following their great Leader, even Christ, <strong>and</strong> are<br />

not moving under the impulse of their own natural<br />

tempers. We shall be safe only when we consecrate<br />

ourselves <strong>to</strong> God <strong>and</strong> look un<strong>to</strong> Jesus, earnestly<br />

longing <strong>to</strong> work out His plan. Men may follow<br />

many kinds of lights, but there is only one Light<br />

that it will be safe for them <strong>to</strong> follow. Be sure that<br />

you are following Jesus whithersoever He goeth.<br />

Let none run ahead of Christ, but wait for the word<br />

of comm<strong>and</strong>, "Follow Me." Let our leaders be<br />

distrustful of their own counsel, of their own<br />

ambitious fancies. Let them not suppose that the<br />

sparks of their own kindling are the true light, or<br />

after a while they will find that, instead of<br />

following the heavenly guiding Star, they are<br />

following an uncertain leader.<br />

God Orders His Work<br />

I am grieved as I see men seeking <strong>to</strong> mark out<br />

the precise course that missionaries in far-off l<strong>and</strong>s<br />

shall pursue. We must give matters more in<strong>to</strong> the<br />

h<strong>and</strong>s of Him whom we profess <strong>to</strong> follow, that He<br />

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