Chapter 120—A Completed Work
He shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying,
Grace, grace unto it.
Zechariah 4:7
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Human power did not establish the work of God, neither can human
power destroy it. To those who carry forward His work in face of difficulty
and opposition, God will give the constant guidance and guardianship of
His holy angels. His work on earth will never cease. The building of His
spiritual temple will be carried forward until it shall stand complete, and the
headstone shall be brought forth with shoutings: “Grace, grace unto it.”
Christ has given to the church a sacred charge. Every member should be
a channel through which God can communicate to the world the treasures
of His grace, the unsearchable riches of Christ. There is nothing that the
Saviour desires so much as agents who will represent to the world His Spirit
and His character. There is nothing that the world needs so much as the
manifestation through humanity of the Saviour’s love....
The church is God’s agency for the proclamation of truth, empowered
by Him to do a special work; and if she is loyal to Him, obedient to all His
commandments, there will dwell within her the excellency of divine grace.
If she will be true to her allegiance, if she will honor the Lord God of Israel,
there is no power that can stand against her.
Christ desires by the fullness of His power so to strengthen His people
that through them the whole world shall be encircled with an atmosphere of
grace. When His people shall make a whole-hearted surrender of themselves
to God, this purpose will be accomplished.... Christ will abide in humanity,
and humanity will abide in Christ. In all the work will appear, not the
character of finite man, but the character of the infinite God....
The goodly fabric of character wrought out through divine power will
receive light and glory from heaven, and will stand before the world as a
witness pointing to the throne of the living God. Then the work will move
forward with solidity and redoubled strength.
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