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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

Him who knows the future. But once they have been given to the human co-worker and we accept them as our sole guideline, they could be rightfully called our plans. Take as a comparison Revelation 19:8. There it is stated that the “fine linen is the righteousness of saints” (KJV). The right eousness is said to be theirs but no one would conclude from this that it had originated with them. God was the Source of it, but once He had given it to them, it became theirs, so it can be cor rectly stated that it is the “righteousness of saints”. Likewise plans, originating in God’s mind, given to and ac cepted by us could be spoken of as our plans. Only such plans can work successfully. These are the plans mentioned by Solo mon and David when they said: “Commit to the L ORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3. “May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” Psalm 20:4. No matter how sharp our spiritual power and perception, there are situations when it is impossible to see immediately whether the plan has been advanced by God or Satan. Knowing that Satan has the power to come as an angel of light as if in an swer to our prayers, raises the serious question of how such problems can be handled with certainty. Especially in those cas es where we have a part to play in solving the problem, we must be able to determine positively whether the solution is of divine or satanic origin. There is no need for us to be anxious, for God has provided a way of escape from every device of Satan. We need to know the surprisingly simple way to avoid this problem. As we saw in a previous chapter, the following rule can be a great help in a suc cessful co-working with the heavenly Plan Maker: “Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, ‘Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy serv ice. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.’ Relinquishing our Plans