Working and Waiting by J. M. Campbell

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 18, 1883

Working and Waiting.

By J. M. Campbell

How eloquent is the interval of silence in the life of Jesus! How comfortingly does it speak to those who are shut out from active work in the wider spheres of life! For many there seems to be no place for active service. They have to sit with folded hands, and often do they feel that life to them is an utter blank. They envy with a holy envy those to whom a larger work is given. They imagine if their lives were otherwise ordered, they could be more useful. What a mistake! The Fathers business is “exceeding broad,” and the most retired and eventful life becomes sublime when it is seen to be comprehended in God’s great plan. To every child the All-Father assigns an appropriate work. The place which God appoints is the only one which we should desire to occupy; the work which God allots is the only one which we should desire to perform. The Father's business covers the whole of life.—Rev. J. M. Campbell.