GOD IS NOT LIMITED by G.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Jun 21, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 25.

GOD IS NOT LIMITED.

By G.

THE prime minister—or secretary of state—of any civil government may possibly be a servant of God. But if he be in office simply because he is a politician, and use his office for the special benefit of any dominating party, or in the interest of any special class, his partiality must preclude his being a child of God.

The Scriptures tell us of three men who were prime ministers of the leading governments of their time. These were Joseph in Egypt, Daniel in Babylon, and Mordecai in Persia. But these men were all slaves of the kings whom they served, and were placed in office by their masters, not because of their politics, but because of the ability and personal integrity they had acquired through faith in their God.

In each case the welfare of God's people was at stake, and in His providence these tried servants were brought into prominence for the furtherance of His cause in the earth. In each case there was missionary work for the world; for, because of God's control of these men who stood next to the thrones of their respective governments, the knowledge of the true God was heralded to the ends of the earth.

These men did not get their positions through political intrigue, or party politics, or even by the will of the people; but by the providence of God. Not one of them sought the office, or ever imagined it possible. Nor were these governments republican in form; they were absolute monarchies, absolutely heathen in religion. Yet God was able, through His humble servants in captivity and in exile, to send His message of truth to the world through the instrumentality of these heathen monarchies.

With a Joseph near the throne in Egypt, the knowledge of the true God went to the world in one generation. See Gen. 41:55-57. With a Daniel next to the thrones of Babylon and Persia, the knowledge of God went to the world twice in one generation. See Dan. 3:29 to 4:3; 6:25-27. With a Mordecai next to the throne of Persia, proclamations emphasizing the power of the God of Israel went broadcast throughout the regions of the empire whose domination was deemed universal.

So, if the Lord has decreed that the last message of mercy shall go to the world in this generation, it will go—regardless of what men may do, or fail to do. It is not a question of what His professed people may do, or fail to do, but of what God Himself will do. Men may fail, but God never. It is, however, a serious question, How shall the professed servant of God fare in the judgment, if the Lord shall be obliged to do His work without that servant? "That servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes."