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To God Be the Glory, July 10
Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and
whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Matthew 20:26, 27
.
No human being is to seat himself on the highest seat, accepting the praise
of others, and forgetting that his treasures belong to God. God’s blessing is
promised to those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, but nothing is so
offensive as to hunger and thirst after the praise of men.
When the Lord weighs in the balances of the sanctuary the actions of those
who have striven to be first, when they see how He regards such strife they
will bow low at His footstool, ashamed of their course of action. All cannot
be first, all cannot be masters. Walk humbly before God, acknowledging Him
as your Master. It is a great misfortune to be unable to see in others higher
excellencies and powers of greater usefulness than in yourself.
If we will partake of the divine nature, God will fit us to find happiness
in activity, and rest in wearing Christ’s yoke. Using aright the powers God
has given us, praying, waiting, watching, and working, wearing Christ’s yoke
and learning daily of Him to be meek and lowly of heart, will bring great joy
into our lives.
Were it not for God’s gracious gifts and blessings, we should be bankrupt
for eternity. Then let no one sound his own praises, feeding upon his supposed
wisdom. If his talents were of his own manufacture, there would be some
consistency in self-praise. But man has nothing of his own. Let us not reveal
our lack of true wisdom by exalting self. Let us bow low in humility at the
feet of Him who has entrusted to us our talents. Let us use and improve these
talents, handing principle and interest back to the Giver....
As a sacred trust every talent is to be employed aright. Those whom God
has made His stewards are to search the Scriptures earnestly, that they may
communicate its truths to others, leading them to the path which has been
cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. By precept and example we are to teach
others that through the grace of Christ they may be obedient to all God’s
commandments, and be clothed with the righteousness of Christ.... “Blessed
are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” (
Revelation 22:14
).—
Manuscript 88, July 10, 1898
, “The Parable of the Householder.”
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