Educated and Consecrated Workers

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 14, 1915

Educated and Consecrated Workers

AMONG the workers in the cause of God there is no aristocracy of position, of wealth, of education. Official positions in the world or in the church commend no man to the favor of God. The highest official must come to the Lord in the same way as the humblest member of the church, his connection with divine power being dependent upon the employment of exactly the same means; and this is as true of the man of wealth as it is of the one who possesses no property. Sometimes we are tempted to make distinctions based upon position and upon wealth, but God makes no such distinctions. In the service of God consecration takes the precedence of education. Heaven can use an unlearned but consecrated man to do a work which can never be accomplished by one who is educated but unconsecrated. The demand of the cause of God today, as it has been in every age, is for educated, consecrated workers. It is through him who devotes his life to God's service, and who makes the most of himself for God in the improvement of every talent, that Heaven can work the most effectually. In this closing work, God can do more through educated, consecrated workers than he can through those who lack the essential knowledge. It is for every worker to realize that God calls him to a high and holy position. That position he should honor by giving to it his best energies, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Earnest application will accomplish much for every worker. The one to whom has come few advantages in the past, by the improvement of the opportunities offered him today may become by God's grace an intelligent, discriminating worker for souls.