God desires all His stewards to be exact in following divine arrangements. They are not to offset the Lord’s plans by performing some deed of charity or giving some gift or some offering when or how they, the human agents, shall see fit. It is a very poor policy for men to seek to improve on God’s plan, and invent a makeshift, averaging up their good impulses on this and that occasion, and offsetting them against God’s requirements. God calls upon all to give their influence to His own arrangement. He has made His plan known, and all who would co-operate with Him must carry out this plan instead of daring to attempt an improvement on it. {9T 248.1}

Gud ønsker, at hans husholdere nøje skal søge hans guddommelige anordninger. De må ikke omlægge Guds plan ved selvvalgt at udføre en barmhjertighedsgerning eller yde en gave eller et offer, når og hvor de som mennesker mener det er bedst. Det er meget uklogt handlet, når nogen forsøger sig på nogen forbedring af Guds plan ved en eller anden ombytning og gør sig en forestilling om sine gennemsnitlig gode motiver ved denne eller hin anledning og stiller disse ord imod Guds fordringer. Gud kræver af alle, at de skal rette sig efter hans forskrifter. Han har kundgjort os sin plan; og alle, som vil samarbejde med ham, må følge hans plan i stedet for at forsøge sig på egen hånd at forbedre den.