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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 1, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 24, No. 23.

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Submission to God.

By John Nevins Andrews

THIS does not consist in yielding to God with the proviso that he shall so far modify his requirements that they shall not conflict with our purposes; but it does consist in giving up our will and ways to God and that without any reserve. When Paul entreats us to present ourselves as a living sacrifice to God, he exactly describes that state of submission to God which he requires on our part and will ever accept with favor.
It costs a painful effort sometimes to thus yield to God; but it always brings sweet relief from trouble and distress. The Lord withholds no good thing from them that walk uprightly. Whatever therefore he requires us to deny ourselves of, we shall always find that we are better off without. To submit to God unreservedly is really to obey the first commandment, i. e., to dethrone self and give to God the whole heart. J. N. ANDREWS.