This lesson should be carefully considered by our physicians and medical missionaries. God established His instrumentalities among a people who recognize the laws of the divine government. The sick are to be healed through the combined effort of the human and the divine. Every gift, every power, that Christ promised His disciples He bestows upon those who will serve Him faithfully. And He who gives mental capabilities, and who entrusts talents to the men and women who are His by creation and redemption, expects that these talents and capabilities will be increased by use. Every talent must be employed in blessing others and thus bringing honor to God. But physicians have been led to suppose that their capabilities were their individual property. The powers given them for God’s work they have used in branching out into lines of work to which God has not appointed them. {6T 243.2}

Denne lektie bør vore læge- og sundhedsmissionærere overveje nøje. Gud oprettede sine instrumenter hos et folk, som vedkender sig den guddommelige regerings love. Den syge skal helbredes ved menneskelige og guddommelige anstrengelser i forening. Enhver gave, enhver kraft, som Kristus har lovet sine disciple, giver han dem, som vil tjene ham trofast. Og ham, som giver åndelige evner og som betror mænd og kvinder talenter, der er hans ved skabelsen og forløsningen, forventer at disse talenter og evner vil øges ved anvendelse. Hvert talent må bruges til andres velsignelse og derved bringe Gud ære. Men læger er kommet til at tro at deres evner var deres personlige ejendom. De kræfter de fik til Guds arbejde, har de brugt på at dele ud i arbejdsområder, som Gud ikke har anvist dem.