ALL CAN WORK by Jessie V. Bosworth

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 13, 1900

ALL CAN WORK.

By Jessie V. Bosworth

JESSIE V. BOSWORTH.

As we read the messages dictated by the Spirit of God, presenting to “every one” of us the duty of becoming “living missionaries,” our hearts are awakened, and we feel that we must obey the call for workers. And yet we shrink from it because of our inability, feeling that we must have some special preparation for the work. To any who may hesitate in this way, the following words from the Testimonies should be encouraging: “Let no one feel that because he is not educated, he can not be expected to take part in the work. God has a work for you to do.” “There is need that . . . every ability shall be brought to the work of saving souls.” “It is by doing with your might what your hands find to do that you will develop talents and aptitude for the work.” “When men use their powers as God directs them to, their talents will increase, their ability will enlarge, and they will have heavenly wisdom in seeking to save those who are lost.” We are all weak; but if we make the most of the Lord’s entrusted talent, his divine power will make us efficient.

Are we making “the most” every day of all our powers of body and mind, improving all our time and opportunities? And what is it that will make us truly efficient workers? — It is “not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.”