A Short Work

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 16, 1915

THOSE things which seem impossible to man are easily accomplished by the Lord. It is faith in God's power by which we are fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to perform. There is a great work to be done; and looking at it from the human standpoint, we might conclude that it is impossible to complete it in the time allotted; but our confidence is in the Lord’s promises and in his power to fulfill them. “For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” It only needs the willing instruments through whom the Lord can reveal his mighty power in fulfilling his promise. “And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?”