Working for God | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 11, 1871

Working for God.

“Every hour that fleets so slowly, Has its tasks to do or bear; Luminous the crown and holy, If you set each gem with care.”

It is a blessed thought that we may work for God, and that he chooses us as agents to go out into the world to labor for him. The grandest and highest work of earth is left for the weak arm of clay to accomplish, and we doubt if angels in Heaven have a holier mission to fulfill than the one intrusted to the Christian. The white-robed ministers from the better land may indeed linger around the weary sinner, ready to soar away with the glad tidings that he has repented, but they cannot speak to him, nor lead him to the Fount that “cleanseth from all sin.” The Christian can do this, for the Father qualified him expressly for the work, and thus gave him the power to do what angels are powerless to perform.

The true Christian has a work to do if he would gain the city of our God; for our Heavenly Father enjoins, yea, even commands, that he should go forth and labor with heart and hand for the cause of the Master. The faithful child of God will not sit down by the wayside, and dream the passing moments of life away. He will not fold his arms and stand idly by, while souls are crowding the way that leads to eternal ruin. Ah! a work of the greatest importance is measured out to the Christian!

And who will go forth with willing heart to do the grand and important work that God calls upon him to do? Who will falter when the welfare of precious souls in the great coming eternity depends upon his faithfulness? Who will refuse to obey that divine voice which says, “Go ye into my vineyard and labor”? and who will become idle and inactive in the service of one who is mighty and eternal?

Christian, are you working for God? Are you toiling in humbleness for the Master? or are you dreaming away these bright moments that are bearing you to the eternal world? Would you gain a starry crown of life—one that will never fade or grow dim as the long ages of eternity are rolling away? Would you have the blest assurance, when the world recedes from your vision, that you have done your Master’s will and fulfilled your life’s mission? Then work for God, and toil on in the lowly path that he has marked out for you. Go speak to that poor, weary sinner, who perhaps longs to drink of the water of life. Take him gently by the hand and ask him to go with you to the heavenly country. Kneel by his side and humbly plead with God until the fearful load of guilt is all removed, until you hear the stammering tongue speaking praises to the name of our God.

Christian, work for God while the day lasts, for the night is coming when your arm will lie nerveless in the dust. Souls are passing away without a hope in God, and unless you labor for their eternal welfare, they will go on to ruin’s brink. The mighty waves of sin are rolling fearfully over the earth. Oh! who will beat them back if the Christian falters? And who will defend the great truths of Christianity? May all who profess to love our Saviour be true and valiant soldiers of the cross, and labor faithfully for him until the Master shall say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”—Sel.