Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

viewed in the light of God’s word. True success
will bear the heavenly credentials. The workers for
God will rejoice in the Lord, and at the same time
be dissatisfied with their own efforts. The moment
of rejoicing in the Lord because of success will be
the moment of self-abasement because of what has
been left undone through neglect and
unfaithfulness.
Men who accept a position in any of our health
institutions should do so with as full a realization
of its responsibilities as possible. The Lord has
promised to be a present help in every time of
need, and there is no excuse for not doing more
real missionary work at the sanitarium. Far better
attention should be paid to obtaining a fitness for
every duty. Workers should seek to improve, that
they may do their work in the best manner possible
and with fidelity, so as to meet the approval of
God. Opportunities for doing good have always
been far in advance of the workers, for they have
failed to see and improve them, because the enemy
of right doing has had a controlling power over
their minds.—Health, Philanthropic, and Medical
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