God’s Purpose for His WorkersIf men will but humble themselves before God, if they will not exalt their judgment as the all-controlling influence, if they will make room for the Lord to plan and work, God will use the qualifications He has given them in a way that will glorify His name. He will purify His workers from all selfishness, cutting off the branches that would entwine around undesirable objects, pruning the vine so that it will produce fruit. God is the great Husbandman. He will make everything in the lives of those who are laborers together with Christ subservient to His great purpose of growth and fruit bearing. It is His plan, by conforming His servants day by day to the image of Christ, by making them partakers of the divine nature, to cause them to bear fruit abundantly. He desires His people, through actual experience in the truth of the gospel, to become true, solid, trustworthy, experimental missionaries. He would have them show results far higher, holier, and more definite than in our day have yet been revealed. {8T 186.1}

Guds hensigt med sine medarbejdere
Hvis mennesker blot ville ydmyge sig selv for Gud, hvis de ikke ville ophøje deres egen dømmekraft som den altstyrende indflydelse, hvis de vil give Herren plads til at planlægge og arbejde, vil Gud bruge de kvalifikationer han har givet dem på en måde som vil forherlige hans navn. Han vil rense sine medarbejdere fra al selviskhed, skære de grene af som vil vikle sig omkring uønskede ting, beskære vinen så at den vil bringe frugt. Gud er den store Landmand. Han vil udrette alt i deres liv som, arbejder sammen med Kristus, tjenlig til hans store vækst og store høstudbytte. Det er hans plan, ved at tilpasse sine tjenere dag for dag til Kristi billede, at gøre dem del i guddommelig natur, at få dem til at bære frugt i overflod. Han ønsker at hans folk, gennem virkelig erfaring i evangeliets sandhed, skal blive sande, solide pålidelige, erfaringsmæssige missionærer. Han vil have dem til at vise resultater langt højere, helligere og mere afgjorte end det før var åbenbaret.