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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Aug 22, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 34.

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Day-Dreaming and Doing

PRECIOUS hours are often wasted in day-dreaming, and that, too, by most excellent persons. Many children of God spend hours in contemplating what they might do and in weakly purposing what they will do, but fail in the end of actually doing what they had in mind. The life of Christ was a life of active doing. So will be the lives of those who see him as he is, in whom his Spirit richly dwells, and who are walking in his footsteps.
The apostle Paul exhorts, "Be instant in season, out of season." And through Solomon comes this admonition, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." It is not enough to sit down and meekly contemplate the doing of work for God. Let us resolutely arise and be about our Father's business.
If the Spirit prompts a missionary visit to-day, let us not delay it until to-morrow. If the Spirit puts into our hearts some helpful thought, let us not refrain from utterance. Our lives are not measured by purposes alone, but above all by deeds. We shall be rewarded at last not by what we purpose to do, but by what we actually did and what we earnestly sought to accomplish. Let us not waste time in day-dreaming, but let us be doers. F. M. W.