God calls upon you to change your course of action. You can be a useful and efficient man in the office if you will make determined efforts to overcome. Do not set up your views as a criterion. The Lord connected you with His people that you might be a learner in the school of Christ. Your ideas have been perverted; you must not now lean to your own understanding. You cannot be saved unless your spirit is changed. Notwithstanding the fact that Moses was the meekest man that lived upon the earth, on one occasion he drew the displeasure of God upon himself. He was harassed greatly by the murmuring of the children of Israel for water. The undeserved reproaches of the people which fell upon him led him for a moment to forget that their murmuring was not against him, but against God; and instead of being grieved because the Spirit of God was insulted, he became irritated, offended, and in a self-willed, impatient manner struck the rock twice saying: “Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?” Moses and Aaron put themselves forward in God’s place, as though the miracle had been wrought by them. They did not exalt God, but themselves, before the people. Many will ultimately fail of eternal life because they indulge in a similar course. {4T 369.2}

Gud kalder dig til at ændre din handlemåde. Du kan blive en nyttig og effektiv mand på kontoret, hvis du vil beslutte dig for at overvinde. Sæt ikke dine synspunkter som et kriterium. Herren vil knytte dig til hans folk, så du kan blive elev i Kristi skole. Dine idéer er forvanskede; du må nu lære af din egen forstand. Du kan ikke frelses hvis du ikke ændres. Endskønt Moses var det mest ydmyge menneske der har levet på jorden, pådrog han sig en gang Guds mishag. Han blev stærkt plaget af Israels børns knurren efter vand. Folkets ufortjente bebrejdelse, som faldt over ham, fik han et øjeblik til at glemme, at den knurren ikke var mod ham, men mod Gud; og i stedet for at bedrøves fordi Guds Ånd blev hånet, blev han irriteret, krænket og på en egensindig, utålmodig måde slog klippen to gange og sagde: »Hør nu, I genstridige! Mon vi formår at få vand til at strømme frem til eder af denne klippe?« Moses og Aron satte sig selv i Guds sted, som om de havde udført miraklet. De ophøjede ikke Gud, men sig selv, for folket. Mange vil i sidste ende miste evigt liv, fordi de føjer sig på samme måde.