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Workers with God
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sufficiency, to represent to His church the higher laws of the future
immortal world, and in obedience to the mandates of Heaven that
are without a parallel, they should reveal a depth of knowledge
independent of human inventions.
The Lord must be believed and served as the great “I AM,” and
we must trust implicitly in Him. Let not men prescribe laws to take
the place of God’s law. Never educate men to look to men, to trust in
men; for man’s wisdom is not sufficient to decide as to their right to
engage in the Lord’s work. When God lays a work upon individuals,
men are not to reject His sanction. God must not be impeded in the
working out of His plans by man’s interference, but this has been
done again and again.
If the church on earth is to resemble a temple, let it be built
according to the pattern shown in heaven and not according to man’s
genius. The invention of man often counteracts the working out of
God’s plans. The golden measuring rod has not been placed in the
hands of any finite man or any class of men, whatever their position
or calling, but is in the hand of the heavenly Architect. If men will
not meddle with God’s plan, and will let Him work upon minds and
characters, building them up according to His plan, a work will be
accomplished that will stand through the severest of trials.
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