Workers from the Ranks
With intense interest God is looking on this world. He has noted
the capacity of human beings for service. Looking down the ages, He
has counted His workers, both men and women, and has prepared the
way before them, saying: “I will send My messengers to them, and
they shall see great light shining amid the darkness. Won to the service
of Christ, they will use their talents to the glory of My name. They will
go forth to work for Me with zeal and devotion. Through their efforts
the truth will appeal to thousands in a most forcible manner, and men
spiritually blind will receive sight and will see of My salvation. Truth
will be made so prominent that he who runs may read. Ways will be
devised to reach hearts. Some of the methods used in this work will
be different from the methods used in the past, but let no one, because
of this, block the way by criticism.”
Those whom God chooses as workers are not always talented, in
the estimation of the world. Sometimes He selects unlearned men.
To these He gives a special work. They reach a class to whom others
could not obtain access. Opening the heart to the truth, they are made
wise in and through Christ. Their lives inhale and exhale the fragrance
of godliness. Their words are thoughtfully considered before they
are spoken. They strive to promote the well-being of their fellow
men. They take relief and happiness to the needy and distressed. They
realize the necessity of ever remaining under Christ’s training, that
they may work in harmony with God’s will. They study how best to
follow the Saviour’s example of cross bearing and self-denial. They
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are God’s witnesses, revealing His compassion and love, and ascribing
all the glory to Him whom they love and serve.
Constantly they are learning of the Great Teacher, and constantly
they reach higher degrees of excellence, yet all the time feeling a sense
of their weakness and inefficiency. They are drawn upward by their
strong, loving admiration for Christ. They practice His virtues; for
their life is assimilated to His. Ever they move onward and upward, a
blessing to the world and an honor to their Redeemer. Of them Christ
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