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before you if your will becomes God’s will. Then you may stand in
your God-given manhood, an example of good works.
You will then help to maintain rules of discipline instead of helping
to break them down. You will then help to maintain order instead of
despising it and inciting to irregularity of life by your own course of
action.
I tell you in the fear of God: I know what you may be if your will
is placed on the side of God. “We are laborers together with God” (
1
Corinthians 3:9
). You may be doing your work for time and eternity in
such a manner that it will stand the test of the judgment. Will you try?
Will you now turn square about? You are the object of Christ’s love
and intercession. Will you now surrender to God and help those who
are placed as sentinels to guard the interests of His work, instead of
causing them grief and discouragement?—
Testimonies for the Church
5:515, 516
(1889).
Restlessness and Dissatisfaction Changed (assurance to one in
the balance)—When you come to receive Christ as your personal
Saviour, there will be a marked change in you; you will be converted,
[125]
and the Lord Jesus by His Holy Spirit will stand by you. There will
no longer be the restless uneasiness and dissatisfaction which you
possess.
You love to talk. If your words were such as would glorify God,
there would be no sin in them. But you do not realize peace and rest and
enjoyment in the service of God. You certainly are not a converted man
to do God’s will, therefore you cannot feel the cheering, enlivening
influence of His Holy Spirit.
When you decide that you cannot be a Christian and still do as you
please, when you realize that you must surrender your will to God’s
will, then you can comply with the invitation of Christ, “Come unto
Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
My yoke upon you and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart;
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My
burden is light” (
Matthew 11:28-30
).—
Manuscript 13, 1897.
Control of Inward Emotions—You may be cheerful if you will
bring even your thoughts into subjection to the will of Christ. You
should make no delay but closely search your own heart and die to self
daily.