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Selected Messages Book 2
has been presented to me over and over again. The Lord that seeth
in secret will reward openly for every sacrifice that His tried servants
have been willing to make.—
Manuscript 12, 1913
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Not to Demand a Stipulated Sum
Christ gives to all the invitation, “Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”
(
Matthew 11:28-30
). If all will wear Christ’s yoke, if all will learn in
His school the lessons that He teaches, there will be sufficient means
to establish gospel medical missionary work in many places.
Let none say, “I will engage in this work for a stipulated sum. If I
do not receive this sum, I will not do the work.” Those who say this
show that they are not wearing Christ’s yoke; they are not learning His
meekness and lowliness....
It is not being rich in the wealth of the world that increases our
value in God’s sight. It is the meek and the contrite that the Lord
acknowledges and honors. Read the fifty-seventh chapter of Isaiah.
Study this chapter carefully; for it means much to the people of God. I
will make no comments upon it.—
Letter 145, 1904
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Do the Work and Accept Wages Offered
Every man is required to do the work assigned him of God. We
should be willing to render small services, doing the things that are to
be done, which someone must do, improving the little opportunities.
If these are the only opportunities we should still work faithfully. He
who wastes hours, days, and weeks, because he is unwilling to do the
work that offers, humble though it may be, will be called to render an
account to God for his misspent time. If he feels that he can afford to
do nothing, because he cannot obtain the desired wages, let him stop
and think that that day, that one day, is the Lord’s. He is the Lord’s
servant. He is not to waste his time. Let him think, “I will spend that
time in doing something, and will give all I earn to advance the work
of God. I will not be counted a do-nothing.”