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while continuing to carry forward their ministerial work. This they do
to advance not their own interests, but the interests of God’s cause in
the earth.
There are times when it seems to the servant of God impossible to
do the work necessary to be done, because of the lack of means to carry
on a strong, solid work. Some are fearful that with the facilities at their
command they cannot do all that they feel it their duty to do. But if they
advance in faith, the salvation of God will be revealed, and prosperity
will attend their efforts. He who has bidden His followers go into all
parts of the world will sustain every laborer who in obedience to His
command seeks to proclaim His message.
In the upbuilding of His work the Lord does not always make ev-
erything plain before His servants. He sometimes tries the confidence
of His people by bringing about circumstances which compel them
to move forward in faith. Often He brings them into strait and trying
places, and bids them advance when their feet seem to be touching the
waters of Jordan. It is at such times, when the prayers of His servants
ascend to Him in earnest faith, that God opens the way before them
and brings them out into a large place.
When God’s messengers recognize their responsibilities toward
the needy portions of the Lord’s vineyard, and in the spirit of the
Master Worker labor untiringly for the conversion of souls, the angels
of God will prepare the way before them, and the means necessary
for the carrying forward of the work will be provided. Those who are
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enlightened will give freely to support the work done in their behalf.
They will respond liberally to every call for help, and the Spirit of God
will move upon their hearts to sustain the Lord’s cause not only in the
home fields, but in the regions beyond. Thus strength will come to the
working forces in other places, and the work of the Lord will advance
in His own appointed way.
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