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Fallow Ground of the Human Heart Should Be Worked, August
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Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow
ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness
on you.
Hosea 10:12
, NKJV.
I want to exhort those who are in positions of responsibility to waken to their
duty, and not imperil the cause of present truth by engaging inefficient men and
women to do the work of God. We want those who are willing to go into new fields,
and to do hard service for the Lord.
I remember visiting in Iowa when the country was new, and I saw the farmers
breaking the new ground. I noticed that they had heavy teams, and made tremendous
efforts to make deep furrows, but the laborers gained strength and muscle by the
exercise of their physical powers. It will make our young workers strong to go into
new fields, and break up the fallow ground of human hearts. This work will drive
them nearer to God. It will help them to see that they are altogether inefficient in
themselves.
They must be wholly the Lord’s. They must put away their self-esteem and
self-importance, and put on the Lord Jesus Christ. When they do this, they will
be willing to go without the camp, and bear the burden as good soldiers of the
cross. They will gain efficiency and ability by mastering difficulties and overcoming
obstacles. Workers are wanted for responsible positions, but they must be those
who have given full proof of their ministry in willingness to wear the yoke of Christ.
Heaven regards this class with approval.
I exhort you to have the eyesalve, that you may discern what God would have
you do. There are too many Christless sermons preached. An array of powerless
words only confirms the people in their backslidings. May God help us that His
Spirit may be made manifest among us. We should not wait until we go home
to obtain the blessing of Heaven. The ministers should begin right here with the
people to seek God, and to work from the right standpoint. Those who have been
long in the work have been far too content to wait for the showers of the latter rain
to revive them.
We are the people who, like John, are to prepare the way of the Lord; and if we
are prepared for the second coming of Christ, we must work with all diligence to
prepare others for Christ’s second advent, as did the forerunner of Christ for His
first advent, calling men and women to repentance.... May God help us to search
the Scriptures for ourselves, and when we are all filled with the truth of God, it will
flow out as water from a living spring.—
The Review and Herald, October 8, 1889
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