Allowing for More Than One Man’s Method
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See also pp. 72-74, “Advantages of Two and Two.”
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Varied Gifts Combined—In our association with one another we
are to remember that all have not the same talents or the same disposi-
tion. The workers differ in plans and ideas. Varied gifts, combined, are
necessary for the success of the work. Let us remember that some can
fill certain positions more successfully than others. The worker who
has been given tact and ability that fit him for the accomplishment of
some special line of work should not blame others for not being able
to do that which he, perhaps, can do readily. Are there not things that
his fellow workers can do far more successfully than he?
The various talents that the Lord has entrusted to His servants are
essential in His work. The different parts of the work are to be brought
together, piece by piece, to make a complete whole. The parts of
a building are not all the same; neither are they made by the same
process. The lines of God’s work are not all the same, and neither are
they to be carried forward in exactly the same way.—
Letter 116, 1903
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Insufficiency of One Man’s Gifts—Let not one man feel that his
gift alone is sufficient for the work of God; that he alone can carry
through a series of meetings, and give perfection to the work. His
methods may be good, and yet varied gifts are essential; one man’s
mind is not to mold and fashion the work according to his special
ideas. In order for the work to be built up strong and symmetrical,
there is need of varied gifts and different agencies, all under the Lord’s
direction; He will instruct the workers according to their several ability.
Co-operation and unity are essential to a harmonious whole, each
laborer doing his God-given work, filling his appropriate position, and
supplying the deficiency of another. One worker left to labor alone is
in danger of thinking that his talent is sufficient to make a complete
whole.
Where there is a union of workers, there is opportunity for them
to consult together, to pray together, to co-operate in labor. None
should feel that they cannot link up with their brethren because they
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