Let all who would run the race successfully look well to their zeal and activity in the Lord's work. If we bury our one or many talents under a weight of worldly cares and encumbrances which might be avoided or set aside; if we bury them under worldly ambitions for either self or family—whether this be by wasting consecrated time upon science, philosophy, music, art, business, politics, pleasures, or in pampering pride and appetite—then as unfaithful servants we shall ultimately go into outer darkness.
Activity in the affairs of life, particularly in the Lord's service, is indispensable to success. When a zealous spirit burning with enthusiasm is added thereto, the conditions of success are better fulfilled; and when this activity and zeal are given to the Lord under the direction of wisdom, His cause is much benefited; and the one exhibiting these qualities is greatly developed.
1 Chron. 29:17; 2 Chron. 15:15; Ezra 7:23; Psa. 42:1, 2; 119:139; Eccles. 9:10; Isa. 62:6, 7; John 9:4; 1 Cor. 13:3; 14:12; 2 Cor. 4:8-10, 13, 16-18; 9:2; Gal. 4:18; Col. 3:22-24; Titus 2:14; Jude 1:3; Rev. 3:19.
