“But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” – Hebrews 13:16
The people of God must now awake and do their neglected work. Into our planning for this work, we must put all the powers of the mind. We should spare no effort to present the truth as it is in Jesus, so simply and yet so forcibly that minds will be strongly impressed.
Those who have received the light of truth are to speak the truth, and pray the truth, and live the truth. They are not to depart from the Word of God, as some are doing, in order to follow their own devisings. The Word that the Lord has given is spirit and life, and works for the saving of souls. It is the only Word in which we may safely trust.
Every capability that God has given us we are to use in letting the light of truth shine forth. The cities are to be warned. The time of the end is near. We can see that the signs of Christ’s coming are rapidly fulfilling. “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors.” (1)
As we seek to carry forward this work, God will break down the partition wall. He will widen before us the circle of our influence. Leading us to the mount of Beatitudes, He strengthens our vision by presenting truths of the greatest importance. All territorial lines, all man-made distinctions, disappear before His teaching. Our vision takes in sinful, suffering humanity in regions beyond.
The angel said, “The world is in midnight darkness. Let your light shine.” Christ says, not to the ministers alone, but to every believer, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. … Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” [Matthew 5:14, 16.] Everyone who truly believes God will be a light in the world. (2)
Charge for the Day: Are you using every capability God has given you to let the light of truth shine forth? Ask God to point out opportunities for you to witness for Him throughout the day.
1. The Review and Herald, December 15, 1910
2. Manuscript 64, 1894