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Look at the Pattern, January 22
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105
.
The worker for God is not left without a pattern. He is given an example
which, if followed, will make him a spectacle to the world, to angels and to
men. He is bidden to glorify God by carrying out unselfish aims and purposes.
The Lord understands man’s nature, and He holds up before him the laws of
the kingdom of heaven, which he is to honor and obey. He places the Bible
in his hands, as the guidebook that will show him what is truth, and what he
must do in order to inherit eternal life. This book draws the attention from
temporal interests to spiritual realities. It tells man, fallen and sinful though
he is, that he can become a prince and a king in the heavenly courts, an heir
of God and a joint heir with Christ.
God sees how strong man’s inclination is to accumulate earthly treasure,
and in the highways and byways of life His voice is heard saying, “What
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
(
Mark 8:36
). “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also” (
Matthew 6:19-21
).
God’s messengers are commissioned to take up the very work that Christ
did while on this earth. They are to give themselves to every line of ministry
that He carried on. With earnestness and sincerity they are to tell men of the
unsearchable riches and the immortal treasures of heaven. They are to be
filled with the Holy Spirit. They are to repeat Heaven’s offers of peace and
pardon. They are to point to the gates of the city of God, saying, “Blessed are
they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city” (
Revelation 22:14
)....
He expects everyone to work for Him according to his several ability.
Man’s activity is not to be repressed, but sanctified and rightly directed.—
Manuscript 27, January 22, 1907
, “The New England Sanitarium.”
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