GOD'S CALL FOR MEN by L. A. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1902

GOD'S CALL FOR MEN.

By L. A. S.

The call of the hour is for men. “The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,” in search of men. 2 Chron. 16:9. If this was true when spoken by the prophet to King Asa, many centuries ago, much more is it true of the present time, when the climax of God’s work in the earth has been reached. Now, when all things are moving swiftly forward to the final consummation, the call for men is more imperative than ever before. But for what men is this call made? Not for rich men; for God could as easily rain down gold from heaven as He once rained manna, if wealth were the thing on which the advancement of His cause depends. Nor is He seeking for orators to proclaim His truth, nor for men to whom the world looks up because of their power and influence. All these things God can supply at any time, for they are gifts from Him, and He will supply them when He sees that they are needed and will be properly used. But the men God is looking for and calling for are the men who have an earnest desire to work for Him. Consecration is the one thing God does not and cannot supply; and without consecration, wealth, influence, intellectual power, can avail nothing for the work of God. Who is willing to consecrate himself this day to the Lord? Any person in the world who will consecrate himself to God’s service, can be one of those for whom God is calling; God will supply all other needful things. But no person in the world, however great or talented, with whom consecration is lacking, can respond to the call of the hour.

L. A. S.