“His to Fix my Time of Rest.”
By John Nevins Andrews
Our labor is assigned us by our divine Master. If it be difficult, wearisome, painful, and discouraging, he knows it all. We are never out of his sight. He never forgets us. It is no part of our business to determine how long our work shall last. It is no proper work of ours to earnestly desire the close of our labor. What if the burden be heavy and the heat of the day severe, we are in the employ of the God of Heaven. He has assigned our toil, and bidden us perform it. It is our part to see how well the work can be done; it is his to assign the length of that toil, and its severity of burden; it is his also to fix our time of rest. Let him do this. Let us do our part of the work with faithfulness, and we may well leave all the rest to God.