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Balanced Christian Development, July 11
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as
the noonday.
Psalm 37:6
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Humility is greatly needed. If cherished, it would be an ornament of great value
in the sight of God. It is essential in the work. But there is no virtue in thinking
that humility consists in cheap inefficiency. While humility is always essential
in the service of God, while it must always be cultivated, be careful that it does
not degenerate into the timidity which leads men to waver when circumstances
require them to stand stiffly for the truth. There must be no half-and-half service
offered to God. To every man the Lord has given his work. Everyone is to be a
channel through which the Lord can work to communicate the will of Heaven....
Arduous and unpleasant duties have to be performed. None are to place them-
selves where they will sanction wrong by silence. They aid and abet the schemes
of the enemy by keeping their lips closed when they should speak decidedly,
though not in a boasting, self-sufficient manner. They are to speak the truth in
love....
God in His great mercy will give to all His believing people efficiency and
power for His work and service, even as He gave power to Joseph, Samuel, Daniel,
Timothy, and scores of others who availed themselves of His promises. They
believed Him and relied upon Him, and this was their righteousness. Men and
women have to move by faith. They have to press their way through the cloud
of objections which Satan brings up to hinder their progress. When God sees
that they will trust Him as their helper and their efficiency, they may pass safely
through the great darkness of men’s unconsecration....
Without the constant help which comes only from God, even those who are
looked upon as the most eminent believers are in danger of falling into the sins
which Satan has prepared to dishonor God. Bear in mind, all who claim to be
believers, that it is only when you have that faith which works by love and purifies
the soul, only when you have the joy of Christ’s salvation in the heart, that you are
qualified to guide sinners to repentance and reformation. It is the genuine believer,
who not only assents to the truth, but believes and practices the truth, who is not
satisfied unless he has with him the presence of God, that is a power for good in
the world....
Christ, the One who gave His life for the life of the world, that all who believe
in Him may not perish, but have everlasting life, is the true Watchman of the
house.... We are kept by the power of God. The presence and grace of Christ is
the secret of all life and light.—
Letter 79, July 11, 1901
, to A. G. Daniells.
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