The sweet influences that are to be abundant in the church are bound up with God’s ministers, who are to represent the precious love of Christ. The stars of heaven are under the control of Christ. He fills them with light. He directs their movements. If He did not do this, they would become fallen stars. So with His ministers. They are but instruments in His hand, and all the good they accomplish is done through His power. Through them His light is to shine forth. It is to the honor of Christ that He makes His ministers greater blessings to the church, through the workings of the Holy Spirit, than are the stars to the world. The Saviour is to be their sufficiency. If they will look to Him as He looked to His Father, they will do His works. As they make God their dependence, He will give them His brightness to reflect to the world. {6T 413.4}

Vi må lægge vore smålige, egoistiske planer til side og huske på, at vi har et arbejde, som er meget ophøjet og meget betydningsfuldt. Når vi udfører dette arbejde, lader vi den første, anden og tredje engels budskab lyde og bereder os på den måde for den anden engels komme fra himmelen. Denne engel skal oplyse jorden med sin herlighed.