OUR SUFFICIENCY | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 30.

OUR SUFFICIENCY.

MANY persons are not fully aware of the amount of good that may be accomplished through their efforts, when the conditions of successful service are observed by them. A better understanding of the divine Source of strength is the one thing that will cause them to see these wonderful possibilities. "Our sufficiency is of God"—when spoken in deep sincerity and in humble reliance upon his promises of help—changes the whole aspect of work. This one thought kindles hope and courage within our souls. Success is not only made possible—it becomes certain. Even that which seems to human sight to be only failure is, to the believer, the onward step leading to the very best achievements in the end.

We will never come to this apprehension of God, our strength, until we are willing to acknowledge our own weakness. This knowledge comes only into a "humble and contrite heart." "God knoweth the proud afar off." This confession of insufficiency is not in word only; it is a genuine, heart-felt experience. When that is seen by the Omniscient, there is nothing to prevent such a communication of himself as will make us ready to do all things in him and for him.—Selected.