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to take up another. Those who have a true sense of what is to be
done will place themselves in the direct light of the word of God,
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in union with His other working forces. Every day, clothed with
the whole armor, he will go forth into the battle. With prayer and
watchfulness and perseverance he will labor, determined that the
close of his lifework shall not find him unprepared, not having done
all that he could for the salvation of perishing souls.
If Christians were to act in concert, moving forward as one,
under the direction of one Power, for the accomplishment of one
purpose, they would move the world.
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The principles that should actuate us as workers in God’s cause
are laid down by the apostle Paul. He says: “We are laborers together
with God.”
1 Corinthians 3:9
. “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as
to the Lord
, and not unto men.”
Colossians 3:23
. And Peter exhorts
the believers: “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister
the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace
of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if
any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter
4:10, 11
.
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There are great laws that govern the world of nature, and spiritual
things are controlled by principles equally certain. The means for an
end must be employed, if the desired results are to be attained. God
has appointed to every man his work according to his ability. It is by
education and practice that persons are to be qualified to meet any
emergency which may arise; and wise planning is needed to place
each one in his proper sphere, that he may obtain an experience that
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will fit him to bear responsibility.
God wants us to help one another by a manifestation of sympathy
and unselfish love. There are those who have inherited peculiar
tempers and dispositions. They may be hard to deal with; but are we
faultless? They are not to be discouraged. Their errors are not to