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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 53.

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Service for God

By James B. Anderson

JAMES B. ANDERSON
We are invited to affiliate with the greatest work the world has ever known,—the work of giving the warning message to a dying world. “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest; that he send forth laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2.
The Lord wants workers that will be meek and lowly, that are willing to forsake the world and its pleasures; such workers he can use. You may say, I am willing to go wherever the Lord wants me to go, but I await the pleasure of the conference, as I shall have to be assured of a salary before I can undertake the work. Says the Master: “Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?”
When the Lord sent out the disciples, he said: “Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes.” Luke 10:3, 4. They went out according to the Lord’s instruction, believing that they would not want for anything, and they were wonderfully blessed. So will God’s children receive these blessings today, if they go out by faith, not doubting.
The Lord has a place for you. You may say, I have often prayed that the Lord would use me, but have never had a call to service. I would ask, Have you prayed in faith, and have you confessed all known sins? The Lord willnot answer our prayers if we cling to any known sin. If we put away all sin and believe with all our heart that our prayers will be heard, the Lord will never fail to answer if our petition is in accordance with his will.
When the prayer is answered and the call comes, the answer may not be just as we should like to have had it; but if we accept the answer and trust fully in Jesus, it will be just as we would have chosen if we had known all. But you may say, I fear my faith is too weak to permit me to step out. Follow the instruction given in “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. V, page 302: “Those who talk faith and cultivate faith will have faith.” Let us cultivate more faith, so that when the call comes we may step out by faith and labor for the Master. He has promised us plenty of power to do the work if we will humble ourselves as little children and be led by our Saviour wheresoever he desires us to go.
Why look for positions from the world when we have such opportunities offered us in the Word of God? Look at the reward that is promised us,—a home, all our own for eternity, with no more sorrow or crying, where every one will be happy! Can you afford to miss this chance to work for Jesus?
Let us pray that we may have this faith that will secure us a place in God’s service, so that we may be numbered among those who are working under a Master who has never failed, and whose love and care over his workers is so great that he takes them home with him after their work is over, to live with him through all eternity.
Pacific Union College.