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The Life God Uses, March 23
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for
my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:7
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Our life is the Lord’s, and is invested with a responsibility that we do
not fully comprehend. The threads of self have become woven into the
fabric, and this has dishonored God.
Nehemiah, after gaining so great an influence over the monarch in
whose court he lived and over his people in Jerusalem, instead of ascribing
praise to his own excellent traits of character, his remarkable aptness and
energy, stated the matter just as it was. He declared that his success was
due to the good hand of God that was upon him. He cherished the truth
that God was his safeguard in every position of influence. For every trait
of character by which he obtained favor he praised the working power of
God....
We need to sense deeply that all influence is a precious talent to be used
for God.... We need to appreciate every capability we possess, because it is
lent capital, to be improved to God’s glory.... There is constant temptation
for human beings to consider that any influence they have gained is the
result of something valuable in themselves. The Lord does not work with
these, for He will not give to any human being the glory that belongs to His
own name.... He makes the humble, trustful servant His representative—the
one who will not lift himself up and think of himself more highly than he
ought to think. The life of such a one will be dedicated to God as a living
sacrifice, and that life He will accept and use and sustain. He longs to make
men wise with His own wisdom, that that wisdom may be exercised in
His own behalf. He manifests Himself through the consecrated humble
worker....
Carry every entrusted capability as a sacred treasure, to be used in
imparting to others the knowledge and grace received. In this you will
answer the purpose for which God gave them. The Lord requires us to sink
self in Jesus Christ, and let the glory be all of God
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Letter 83, 1898
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