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Edification, Unity, Perfection! December 29
Talents Surrendered to God’s Spirit
“I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring” (Isaiah 44:3).
The Lord has said, “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:38). On
every hand, fields of usefulness are opening up; but a burden of perplexity
rests upon those who should appoint laborers to go to the various
stations of usefulness; for they look in vain for men and women
fitted for these responsibilities of the work. Is it not time that the
members of the church were becoming educated to engage in missionary
labor, that when a call is made for men and women to go forth
into the harvest field, there may be those who can respond to the call?
saying, “We have given ourselves to Christ without reserve. We have
educated ourselves and our households to habits of simplicity in
dress and living. We are accustomed to self-denial, and realize that we
belong to the Lord. We have no other desire than to do His will, and
live not to please ourselves, but to win souls for the Master. We are
ready to move to distant lands, and lift up the standard of Christ, and
in simplicity and humility live out the truth.”
Jesus left His home in heaven, and came to this dark world to
reach to the very depth of human woe, that He might save those who
were ready to perish. This is the love He has shown to fallen man. But
is the disciple above his Master, the servant greater than His Lord? If
I am indeed a laborer together with God, shall I not be called upon to
make some sacrifice for His cause? Will it be too great a sacrifice for
any of Christ’s followers to make to take the little possession entrusted
to their care, and go to the dark places of the earth, where the people
have never so much as heard of the truth, and in meekness and
lowliness of heart, there make known to men what the Lord has done
for the sons of men? 73
God has a positive ownership of every power He has committed
to the human agent. By His own wisdom He makes the terms of
man’s use of every gift of God. He will bless the proper use of every
power put forth for His own name’s glory. 74
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