p. 8 | Following Our Leader by Ellen G. White

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 22, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 46.

Following Our Leader

By Ellen G. White

THE psalmist says, "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." The lamp does not reveal every portion of the path, illuminating it to the very end of the journey, but it shines as a lamp unto the feet of the obedient. Jesus said, "He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." What we need to do is to follow the Leader. Having confidence in our Guide, let us advance step by step as obedient children of the light. He who follows Jesus will not be turned aside into the path of transgression, altho he sees others taking a course in opposition to the revealed will of God, and altho natural inclination would impel him to keep company with those who do evil. He has set his mind with determined purpose to do the will of God, and comes to the Guide-book with a teachable spirit, with a heart that prefers truth to error, and the favor of God rather than the friendship of the world. Such will enter in at the strait gate, and walk in the narrow path that leads to life.—Mrs. E. G. White.