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Testimonies to Southern Africa
His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your nothingness to His
merits, your frailty to His enduring might. Will you do this?
I beseech of you by the mercies of God that you lean wholly upon
Jesus Christ. In the place of turning your eyes to Battle Creek, turn
your eyes to heaven, and call upon God. It is a terrible education that
our people have been receiving, to ask counsel of man instead of going
to God, the source of all wisdom, grace, and efficiency. His church
is married to Him, and is to become a sharer in His kingdom, a joint
heir with Jesus Christ. The joint heir has the assurance that he shall be
loved as God loves His Son.
Seek for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. You must stand in your
God-given personality before heaven. Your heart must be united with
Christ’s heart, your life knit with hidden links to His life. Because He
lives, you shall live also. Your interests must be bound up with the
interests of Jesus Christ. Then you will be kept by faith in the power
of God.
Talk faith. Sow the seeds of faith. Reach up your hands heavenward
for help. Arm yourself with the mind that was in Christ Jesus. You can
place far more confidence in God, who gave His only begotten Son to
die for your sin, if you will only pray to God, and not pray so much
to Battle Creek, to human beings who are erring. Join yourself to the
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Lord in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten. The Lord is
willing and anxious to teach you. Will you be taught by Him, or must
your teaching come by way of Battle Creek? You have the privilege
of becoming strong in God, or you may choose to depend upon the
powers in Battle Creek, and grow weak and uncertain.
Look to God, and expect Him to guide you, bless you, and help
you. He has a heaven full of rich blessings for all who seek them in
faith.
When you find yourself depressed, and you have a sinking time,
pray. Hold on by prayer to that arm that was stretched out to hold
up a sinking Peter. It will give you courage, vital energy, and pure,
unadulterated wisdom. Our people generally are to understand from
whence their strength comes. Our reinforcements come from God. In
your weakness, lay hold of infinite strength, and the people will see
that you have the solid rock of God’s promises beneath your feet. Your
heart must turn away from human supports. If your heart goes out to
Jesus in living trust, you will be strong. You will say, Brethren, have