If you cultivate faithfully the vineyard of your soul, God is making you a laborer together with Himself. And you will have a work to do not only for yourself, but for others. In representing the church as the vineyard, Christ does not teach that we are to restrict our sympathies and labors to our own numbers. The Lord's vineyard is to be enlarged. In all parts of the earth He desires it to be extended. As we receive the instruction and grace of God, we should impart to others a knowledge of how to care for the precious plants. Thus we may extend the vineyard of the Lord. God is watching for evidence of our faith, love, and patience. He looks to see if we are using every spiritual advantage to become skillful workers in His vineyard on earth, that we may enter the Paradise of God, that Eden home from which Adam and Eve were excluded by transgression.

Gud står som en fader for sit folk, og som en fader kan han kræve, at vi tjener ham trofast. Tænk på Kristi liv. Som repræsentant for menneskeheden og i Faderens tjeneste er han et eksempel på, hvad enhver søn skulle og kunne være. Den samme lydighed, som Kristus udviste, fordrer Gud af menneskene i dag. Han tjente sin Fader i kærlighed af egen fri vilje. "At gøre din vilje, min Gud, er min lyst," sagde han, "og din lov er i mit indre." For Kristus var intet offer for stort, intet arbejde for svært, når det gjaldt af fuldende den gerning, som han var kommet for at udføre. Da han var tolv år gammel, sagde han:" Vidste I ikke, at jeg bør være i min Faders hus?" Han havde hørt kaldet og var begyndt på sin gerning. Han sagde: "Min mad er at gøre hans vilje, som sendte mig, og fuldbyrde hans gerning."