Chapter 102—Individual Responsibility
Our heavenly Father requires no more nor less than He has given
us ability to do. He lays upon His servants no burdens that they are
not able to bear. “He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are
dust.” All that He claims from us we through divine grace can render.
“Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
We shall individually be held responsible for doing one jot less than
we have ability to do. The Lord measures with exactness every possi-
bility for service. The unused capabilities are as much brought into
account as are those that are improved. For all that we might become
through the right use of our talents God holds us responsible. We
shall be judged according to what we ought to have done, but did not
accomplish because we did not use our powers to glorify God. Even if
we do not lose our souls, we shall realize in eternity the result of our
unused talents. For all the knowledge and ability that we might have
gained and did not, there will be an eternal loss.
But when we give ourselves wholly to God, and in our work follow
His directions. He makes Himself responsible for its accomplishment.
He would not have us conjecture as to the success of our honest endeav-
ors. Not once should we even think of failure. We are to co-operate
with One who knows no failure.
We should not talk of our own weakness and inability. This is a
manifest distrust of God, a denial of His word. When we murmur
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because of our burdens, or refuse the responsibilities He calls upon
us to bear, we are virtually saying that He is a hard master, that He
requires what He has not given us power to do.—
Christ’s Object
Lessons, 362, 363
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Value of Money
Our money has not been given us that we might honor and glorify
ourselves. As faithful stewards we are to use it for the honor and
glory of God. Some think that only a portion of their means is the
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