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To Walk in His Way, July 4
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall
be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 10:29
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If from the beginning we had walked in the counsel of God, thousands
more would have been converted to the present truth. But many have made
crooked paths for their feet. My brethren, make straight paths, lest the lame
be turned out of the way. Let no one follow a crooked path that some one
else has made, for thus you would not only go astray yourself, but would
make this crooked path plainer for some one else to follow. Determine
that as for yourself, you will walk in the path of obedience. Know for a
certainty that you are standing under the broad shield of Omnipotence.
Realize that the characteristics of Jehovah must be revealed in your life,
and that in you a work must be accomplished that will mold your character
after the divine similitude. Yield yourself to the guidance of Him who is
the Head over all.
We are doing our work for the judgment. Let us be learners of Jesus.
We need His guidance every moment. At every step we should inquire,
“Is this the way of the Lord?” not, “Is this the way of the man who is over
me?” We are to be concerned only as to whether we are walking in the
way of the Lord.
God will honor and uphold every true-hearted, earnest soul who is
seeking to walk before Him in the perfection of Christ’s grace. He will
never leave nor forsake one humble, trembling soul. Shall we believe that
He will work in our hearts? That if we allow Him to do so, He will make
us pure and holy, by His rich grace qualifying us to be laborers together
with Him? Can we with keen, sanctified perception appreciate the strength
of His promises, and appropriate them, not because we are worthy, but
because by living faith we claim the righteousness of Christ
There is nothing so great and powerful as God’s love for those who
are His children
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Manuscript 96, 1902
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The Review and Herald, March 15, 1906
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