God's Sabbath

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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

marvels fully at this stage. Furthermore, we never will unless we are prepared to work diligently at the business of getting out of the Sabbath all that God has put into it like the boy who worked on the job of shining shoes did his best to improve. Once we understand these principles, we need to apply disci plined effort to become great Sabbath-keepers. We will realize this cannot be achieved in a few moments—that it will take years of steady progress to attain really significant results. Hav ing made the resolve, we need to work towards our goal with concentrated diligence and dauntless determination. We must not be disheartened if progress seems slow, but press towards the mark with unwearied zeal. It will be a lonely quest, for the vast majority of Sabbath keepers are content to remain at lower levels. For those who do not understand the need to strive for greater excellence in Sab bath-keeping, or who have no desire to subject their lives to the necessary discipline, each Sabbath is much the same as the one before. There is little that is fresh or new, and little if any ad vancement from one level of excellence to the next. The rich treasures of knowledge and truth remain hidden from such, un appreciated and untapped. Eventually, to these unfortunate souls, the Sabbath becomes stale, flat, and unprofitable. Not re alizing that the real cause of their poverty lies in their own lack of intelligent, diligent, disciplined effort, such people complain that God gives them very little when they need so much. We all need to realize that we have a work to do for ourselves which God cannot do for us. We must overcome the natural tend encies of the flesh to seek the easy way that requires minimal ef fort, and little, if any, discipline. In order to become true Sabbath keepers, we need to gird up the loins of mind and heart, and press towards the prize with all the powers at our command, being care ful to confine ourselves to the part assigned to the human agent. Under no circumstances must we undertake the Lord’s role.

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