Voice of Consecration
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to remain in the bondage of want and degradation, men and women
allow Satan to reproach God for permitting His children to suffer for
the necessaries of life. God is insulted by the indifference of those to
whom He has entrusted His goods. His stewards refuse to notice the
distress which they might relieve. Thus they bring a reproach upon
God.
Let no one trifle with his responsibilities. If you are not trading
upon dollars, but only upon cents, remember that the blessing of
God rests upon unwearied diligence. He does not despise the day of
small things. A wise use of the littles will bring a wonderful increase.
One talent wisely used will bring two to God. Interest is expected in
proportion to the entrusted capital. God accepts according to what a
man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
God calls for what you owe Him in tithes and offerings. He calls
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for consecration in every line of His work. Act faithfully your part
at your appointed post of duty. Work earnestly, remembering that
Christ is by your side, planning, devising, and constructing for you.
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”
Give cheerfully, gladly, willingly, thankful that you are able to do
something to advance God’s kingdom in the world. Empty the heart
of selfishness, and brace the mind for Christian activity. If you are in
close connection with God, you will be willing to make any sacrifice
to place eternal life within the reach of the perishing.
Spiritual Prosperity and Christian Liberality
In the name of the Lord, I beseech my brethren and sisters, at this
crisis in our work, to come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of
the Lord against the mighty. Withholding from God always brings a
curse. Spiritual prosperity is closely bound up with Christian liberality.
Hunger only for the exaltation of imitating the divine beneficence of
the Redeemer. You have the precious assurance that your treasure is
going before you to the heavenly courts.
Would you make your property secure? Place it in the hand that
bears the nail prints of the crucifixion. Retain all in your possession,
and it will be to your eternal loss. Give it to God, and from that moment
it bears His inscription. It is sealed with His immutability. Would you