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make any difference, that you ought to have more consideration and
so on. But it makes a great difference with the Lord.
Over and over again I have been shown that when individuals begin
to reach out after higher and still higher wages, something comes into
their experience that places them where they stand no longer on vantage
ground. But when they take the wage that carries on the face of it the
fact that they are self-sacrificing, the Lord sees their self-denial and He
gives them success and victory. This has been presented to me over
and over again. The Lord that seeth in secret will reward openly for
every sacrifice that His tried servants have been willing to make.—MS
12, 1913. (
Selected Messages 2:179, 180
.)
Security Not in Riches—Many think to find security in earthly
riches. But Christ seeks to remove from their eye the mote that ob-
scures the vision and thus enable them to behold the far more exceeding
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and eternal weight of glory. They are mistaking phantoms for realities
and have lost sight of the glories of the eternal world. Christ calls upon
them to extend their view beyond the present and add eternity to their
vision.—Lt 264, 1903. (
Sons and Daughters of God, 247
.)
Reliance on God Is True Security—Satan is well aware that the
weakest soul who abides in Christ is more than a match for the hosts of
darkness, and that, should he reveal himself openly, he would be met
and resisted. Therefore he seeks to draw away the soldiers of the cross
from their strong fortification, while he lies in ambush with his forces,
ready to destroy all who venture upon his ground. Only in humble
reliance upon God, and obedience to all His commandments, can we
be secure.—
The Great Controversy, 530
(1888).
God Offers Security—God desires us to choose the heavenly in
place of the earthly. He opens before us the possibilities of a heavenly
investment. He would give encouragement to our loftiest aims, security
to our choicest treasure. He declares, “I will make a man more precious
than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir” (
Isaiah
13:12
). When the riches that moth devours and rust corrupts shall be
swept away, Christ’s followers can rejoice in their heavenly treasure,
the riches that are imperishable.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 374
(1900).
The Sanctifying Influence of Truth—The only security for any
soul is right thinking. We are to use every means that God has placed
within our reach for the government and cultivation of our thoughts.
We are to bring our minds into harmony with His mind. His truth will