Let God Work The Clay...🙏🏻🌿🌼💞🕊

While the human agent is devising and planning for himself something that God has withheld him from doing, he has a hard time. He complains and frets, and has still increased difficulties. But when he submits to be as clay in the hands of the potter, then God works the man into a vessel of honor. The clay submits to be worked. If God had His way, hundreds would be worked and made into vessels as He sees best. 

Let the hand of God work the clay for His own service. He knows just what kind of vessel He wants. To every man He has given his work. God knows what place he is best fitted for. Many are working contrary to the will of God, and they spoil the web. The Lord wants every one to be submissive under His divine guidance. He will place men where they will submit to be worked into oneness with Christ, bearing His divine similitude. If self will submit to be worked, if you will cooperate with God, if you will pray in unity, work in unity, all taking your place as threads in the web of life, you will grow into a beautiful fabric that will rejoice the universe of God. (Letter 63, 1898).

100% to God = 0% Compromise to the world! 

Happy and Joyful Sabbath as We are filled with this Hope that Burns within Our Heart!

We are United in Christ!  

Jesus is Coming Very Soon!  

PRAISE THE LORD!💖

Come Quickly Lord...🙏🏻🌿🌼💞🕊

The end is near, and we must be prepared for what we will have to meet. Our lives must be hid with Christ in God. We need the education of the Holy Spirit. 

It is our privilege to be cheerful. At times I have been tempted to feel a depression of soul, as I see how blind and mistaken many of our brethren are. It makes my heart ache to think of the men who are unsettled, and who have lost their bearings. May the Lord work to remove the cloud of uncertainty, that truth and righteousness may prevail. It seems scarcely possible that the power of deception can be so strong. I pity these men, but the impression they have made on other minds is so strong that it makes me tremble. A stormy future is before us, but we have with us One who is mighty to prevail. 

At times as I see a cloud in the sky, I involuntarily exclaim, “Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly.” Such times as this will reveal character. I long to see the deceptive power of the enemy broken. But we will not let our faith fail. The only real comfort I find is to look beyond this conflict, and see the final triumph, the glory of God reflecting brightness on the overcomers. Prophecy points out the sure result of the conflict, and by faith we may see it. I long to realize the experiences opened before me in the visions the Lord has given to me. 

The restraining power of the Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the earth. Our work must be done quickly. We must put forth every effort in our power to save souls from death. Soon the Lord God of heaven will set up His kingdom, which shall never be destroyed. Now is the time for us to develop a pure, heavenly character. The work will increase more and more in earnestness and intensity until the end. We need an increase of faith. We must watch unto prayer. 

For weeks I have been as a cart beneath sheaves, not because I have the least question regarding the work God has given me to do, nor because of any desire to shun the responsibilities He has placed upon me; but my heart aches for those who are walking in the blindness of error, who have lost their discernment, and who cannot distinguish truth from error.

—Letter 226, July 8, 1906, to Elder G. I. Butler, a longtime associate in the work and president of the Southern Union Conference.

100% to God = 0% Compromise to the world! 

Happy and Joyful Sabbath as We are filled with this Hope that Burns within Our Heart!

We are United in Christ!  

Jesus is Coming Very Soon!  

PRAISE THE LORD!💖

IN CHRIST ALONE...🙏🏻🌿🌼💞🕊

There comes a moment in the Christian journey when many things that once seemed important begin to fade into the background. The soul gradually discovers a truth so profound, so liberating, and so satisfying that it changes everything.

That truth is simply this:

In Christ alone.

Not Christ plus something else.

Not Christ and my achievements.

Not Christ and my reputation.

Not Christ and my righteousness.

Not Christ and my religious performance.

Christ alone.

The great struggle of the human heart is that it is always tempted to look elsewhere. We look to people for what only Christ can give. We look to possessions for what only Christ can provide. We look to success, ministry, knowledge, experiences, and even blessings themselves, hoping to find the satisfaction for which our souls hunger.

Yet every road eventually leads us back to the same discovery.

The pasture is in Christ.

The rest is in Christ.

The peace is in Christ.

The wisdom is in Christ.

The life is in Christ.

The treasure is in Christ.

Indeed, Christ Himself is the treasure.

The believer who enters Christ is like a weary traveller who finally arrives home after years of wandering. The search is over. The striving ceases. The soul has found the One for whom it was created.

This is why Paul could count everything else as loss compared with the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. He had discovered the secret hidden from ages and generations. Everything God has for us is gathered together in His Son.

To live in Christ is to live in the Father's favor.

To abide in Christ is to abide in the Father's love.

To rest in Christ is to rest in the Father's heart.

And so the cry of the mature believer becomes increasingly simple:

Not what Christ can give me.

Not even where Christ can lead me.

But Christ Himself.

For when we have Him, we discover that we possess all things.

Reflection

Am I seeking Christ Himself, or merely the blessings that flow from Him?

Prayer

Father, thank You for giving us Your Son. Teach me to find my satisfaction in Christ alone. Save me from looking elsewhere for what can only be found in Him. May He become my wisdom, my peace, my rest, my joy, and my treasure. Draw me deeper into union with Him until my heart can truly say, "Christ is enough." Amen.  -By The Gardener

100% to God = 0% Compromise to the world! 

Happy and Joyful Sabbath as We are filled with this Hope that Burns within Our Heart!

We are United in Christ!  

Jesus is Coming Very Soon!  

PRAISE THE LORD!💖