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were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of
the gospel, are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close....
Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy
consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message
from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning
will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and
signs and wonders will follow the believers.—
The Great Controversy,
611, 612
(1911).
God Will Employ Agencies That Will Surprise Us
Let me tell you that the Lord will work in this last work in a manner
very much out of the common order of things, and in a way that will
be contrary to any human planning. There will be those among us
who will always want to control the work of God, to dictate even
what movements shall be made when the work goes forward under
the direction of the angel who joins the third angel in the message to
be given to the world. God will use ways and means by which it will
be seen that He is taking the reins in His own hands. The workers
will be surprised by the simple means that He will use to bring about
and perfect His work of righteousness.—
Testimonies to Ministers and
Gospel Workers, 300
(1885).
Do not imagine that it will be possible to lay out plans for the
future. Let God be acknowledged as standing at the helm at all times
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and under every circumstance. He will work by means that will be
suitable, and will maintain, increase, and build up His own people.—
Counsels to Writers and Editors, 71
(1895).
The Comforter is to reveal Himself, not in any specified, precise
way that man may mark out, but in the order of God—in unexpected
times and ways that will honor His own name.—EGW’88 1478 (1896).
He will raise up from among the common people men and women
to do His work, even as of old He called fishermen to be His disciples.
There will soon be an awakening that will surprise many. Those who
do not realize the necessity of what is to be done will be passed by,
and the heavenly messengers will work with those who are called
the common people, fitting them to carry the truth to many places.—
Manuscript Releases 15:312
(1905).