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Work Where You Are, November 20
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is
right I will give you. And they went their way.
Matthew 20:4
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There must be those who will come into the harvest field and who
will be workers without expecting their wages in this world. In the next
world they will be abundantly rewarded. There are men and women who
have been letting their talents rust with inaction, ... who could do a most
precious work and grow in grace and capability to work by doing their best
in accepting the work just where they are. They can single out individuals—
their neighbors—and give them personal labor....
The Lord will investigate the use we have made of the talents He has
entrusted to us. He has paid the wages of His own blood and His own self-
denial and sacrifice and sufferings, to secure the willing service of every
soul as a laborer together with God. If only all felt their accountability
to God wisely to employ the gifts in talents entrusted, what a revenue
would be brought to God through Jesus Christ! The one talent may and
will increase by use. The supposed lowliest gift, the humblest service,
may reach minds and influence hearts that those who possess larger talents
could not touch.
Now, now, now is our most favorable time to work. Individual visitation
is of great value. In love for Jesus Christ and love for human souls the truth
is to be carried to every family, talked of by every fireside that it is possible
for you to find access to.... Bear in mind that the Holy Spirit is the worker.
The human agent working for God is not alone....
Labor in perseverance, in tenderness, compassion, prayerfulness, and
love will do more than sermons. The Lord Jesus, in giving His life for the
saving of the world from the curse of sin, intended greater things than our
eyes have yet witnessed. The Holy Spirit is waiting for channels through
whom to work.... Satan will not always triumph. The Spirit of God will
be poured out upon the church just as soon as the vessels are prepared to
receive it
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Letter 171, 1897
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