Shall We Be Found Wanting?
St. Helena, California,
April 21, 1903
Our position in the world is not what it should be. We are far
from where we should have been had our Christian experience been in
harmony with the light and the opportunities given us, had we from
the beginning constantly pressed onward and upward. Had we walked
in the light that has been given us, had we followed on to know the
Lord, our path would have grown brighter and brighter. But many of
those who have had special light are so conformed to the world that
they can scarcely be distinguished from worldlings. They do not stand
forth as God’s peculiar people, chosen and precious. It is difficult to
discern between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.
In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church
is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages
that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to
the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the
blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to
her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: “Found wanting.” By the
light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged.
God’s Purpose For His People
God has in store love, joy, peace, and glorious triumph for all
who serve Him in spirit and in truth. His commandment-keeping
people are to stand constantly in readiness for service. They are to
receive increased grace and power, and increased knowledge of the
Holy Spirit’s working. But many are not ready to receive the precious
gifts of the Spirit which God is waiting to bestow on them. They are
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not reaching higher and still higher for power from above that through
the gifts bestowed, they may be recognized as God’s peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
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