To Their Power | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 29.

To Their Power.

THE apostle Paul, when bearing witness to the great liberality of the Macedonian churches, declares that "to their power, yea, and beyond their power" they were willing to give of their substance to relieve the necessities of the saints.

Of how many Christians can it be said to-day that "to their power" they are willing to devote their time, and strength, and means, to the advancement of God's cause and the welfare of his people? "To their power" means something more than the devoting of the odds and ends of our time, and crumbs, and scrimpings of our means, to sacred purposes; it means more than giving old clothes and cold victuals, or putting pence into the contribution box and sinking thousands in luxury, and show, and speculation; it means the utter devotion of our all to the Lord; the consecration of our lives to his service; the dedication of time and strength and everything to God and his work.

What have we done? What might we have done if to our power we had devoted ourselves to the service of the heavenly Master? What are we doing? And what might we be doing, if to our power we were willing to enter upon the work of the Lord to-day?

Let us consider the past; let us search and try our ways, and turn unto the Lord with purpose of heart, assured that when to our power we are ready to devote ourselves to the Lord's service, we shall find that his power shall aid us in our labors, his strength shall be made perfect in our weakness, and his blessing shall crown our efforts and reward our toils.—Sel.