Robbing God of Rightful Service
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Whatever the talent entrusted to us may be, we are required to use
it in the service of God, and not in the service of mammon....
Those who are hiding their talents in the earth are throwing away
their opportunities to obtain a star-gemmed crown. Until the great
disclosures of the final judgment shall be made, it will never be known
how many men and women have done this, nor how many lives have
gone out in darkness because God-given talents have been buried in
business instead of being used in the service of the Giver....
Men ... may be interested in mines which yield rich profit in silver
and gold. They may devote a lifetime to securing earthly treasures;
but they die, and leave it all behind. They cannot take one dollar with
them to enrich them in the great beyond. Are these men wise? Are
they not insane, to let the precious hours of probation pass without
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making a preparation for the future life? Those who are wise will lay
up “a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,”—“a good foundation
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” If we
would secure enduring riches, let us begin now to transfer our treasure
to the other side, and our hearts will be where our treasure is.—
The
Review and Herald, October 7, 1884
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