Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

men for every place.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit every
work of God’s appointment is to be elevated and
ennobled and made to witness for the Lord. Man
must place himself under the control of the eternal
mind, whose dictates he is to obey in every
particular.
Let us seek to understand our privilege of
walking and working with God. The gospel, though
it contains God’s expressed will, is of no value to
men, high or low, rich or poor, unless they place
themselves in subjection to God. He who bears to
his fellow men the remedy for sin must himself
first be moved by the Spirit of God. He must not
ply the oars unless he is under divine direction. He
cannot work effectually, he cannot carry out the
will of God in harmony with the divine mind,
unless he finds out, not from human sources, but
from infinite wisdom, that God is pleased with his
plans.
God’s benevolent design embraces every
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