Gods Sabbath

T HE P LACE FOR OUR P LANS

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diffused. The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of God.” Selected Messages 1:21.1, 2. There is no difference between the procedures by which God works with a person to whom He has given the prophetic gift, such as Paul, Isaiah, or Ellen White, and messengers such as

Martin Luther, William Miller, Alonzo Jones or E. J. Waggoner. God never pro vides verbal inspiration, for this is not His way; instead He inspires the person. Consequently, there rests upon every one of us the solemn responsibility to develop to the highest pitch every abil ity the Lord has invested in us. We must aim at achieving the best levels of efficiency and productivity so that we will execute our assigned tasks to our own and God’s satisfaction. We need to

make wise and well-organized plans in our given areas in order to carry out the orders received from the great Source. At the same time, we need to guard very carefully against poaching the role of the great Plan Maker, Burden Bearer, and Problem Solv er. Those are God’s offices which He cannot vacate in favor of hu mans, for He knows that it is beyond our capacity to fill them. It is unfortunate that we are slow to learn this truth and so seldom leave God to do His work while we do ours. To complain that these principles allow us little to do is hard ly justifiable. If we devote our life to developing our entrusted talents, building a character fit for eternity, and fulfilling the work God has appointed us, we will find that we have no spare moments left to spend in planning our own life. It will be more than full. We are more likely to wish that there was not quite so much demanding our attention.

Our Own Plans

If God is the Source of all the plans for the work which we are to do, then these plans are formulated in the infinite mind of