Develop Ability
Be not satisfied with reaching a low standard. We are not what we
might be, or what it is God’s will that we should be. God has given us
reasoning powers, not to remain inactive or to be perverted to earthly
and sordid pursuits, but that they may be developed to the utmost,
refined, sanctified, ennobled, and used in advancing the interests of
His kingdom.
None should consent to be mere machines, run by another man’s
mind. God has given us ability to think and to act, and it is by acting
with carefulness, looking to Him for wisdom, that you will become
capable of bearing burdens. Stand in your God-given personality. Be
no other person’s shadow. Expect that the Lord will work in and by and
through you.—
The Ministry of Healing, 498, 499
(1905)
The Ministry
of Healing, 498, 499
(1905).
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