However large, however small, your talents, remember that what you have is yours only in trust. Thus God is testing you, giving you opportunity to prove yourself true. To Him you are indebted for all your capabilities. To Him belong your powers of body, mind, and soul, and for Him these powers are to be used. Your time, your influence, your capabilities, your skill —all must be accounted for to Him who gives all. He uses his gifts best who seeks by earnest endeavor to carry out the Lord’s great plan for the uplifting of humanity, remembering always that he must be a learner as well as a teacher. {7T 281.3}

Uanset hvor store eller små jeres talenter er, så husk på at hvad I har, har I fået betroet. Således prøver Gud jer, giver jer anledning til at forsøge jer oprigtigt. For ham står I i gæld med alle jeres evner. Ham tilhører jeres legemes, sinds og sjæle kræfter og for ham skal disse kræfter bruges. Jeres tid, jeres indflydelse, jeres evner, jeres dygtighed (282) skal altsammen sættes til regnskab for ham som giver alt. Ham som, ved alvorlig anstrengelse, søger at fremføre Herrens store plan for menneskehedens opløftelse og husker at han kan være elev såvel som lærer, bruger sin gave bedst.