Living In The Light

December 27, Time To Awake

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
—Romans 13:11 LL 379.1

The work of the Lord is above every temporal interest, and the Lord’s cause, in any case, must not be misrepresented by those who claim to believe the truth. Watching, waiting, working is our position. There need not be any fainthearted ones. There will be unbelief and accusers . . . , but we fear them not if the Lord God of Hosts shall be with us. LL 379.2

Every soul needs now to awake out of sleep, to put on the whole armor. There is great need now to awake out of sleep, to put on the whole armor. There is great need of personal religion, and family piety, and then there will be a clear understanding of the part each one will be called to act in the grand and important work of building up the cause of God in our world, and vindicating His downtrodden law, and uplifting the Savior as the “Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). LL 379.3

We want the Holy Spirit of God, that our works shall be consistent with our faith. Oh, what a work, what a sacred work is before us. The parents need enlightenment, a divine touch, that they may understand their work in the home life, to send forth from the home sanctuary Christian children, morally trained and educated to let their light shine forth to the world. . . . There need to be subdivisions of labor combined with harmony of aim and execution of the work which is to be set in operation. LL 379.4

Each one is to concentrate his energies on the portion of the wall he is required to build, that no labor may be lost, that there may be no jostling of the workers, no crossing one another’s path on the part of the workers, and that the laborers together with God shall put forth consecrated tact to do their utmost without waste of means or energies, each individual rejoicing in the success of his fellow workers, with a full sense that they are co-operating to the advancement of the cause of truth under the generalship ofJesus Christ. “For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building,” each strengthening the hands of the other (1 Corinthians 3:9).—Letter 8a, 1893. LL 379.5

Further Reflection: : How can you help prepare the children around you to let their light shine for Christ in their homes, schools, and communities? LL 379.6