“现在你们要转向我，我就转向你们”（玛3:7）。{FH.60.1}
撒但不断提出那些自称上帝儿女之人的罪恶和错误，并用他们的缺点来奚落上帝的天使。上帝的子民如何在祂面前摆正位置呢？上帝在《玛拉基书》中回答了这个问题。祂说：“万军之耶和华说：……现在你们要转向我，我就转向你们。”我们全心全意地寻求主，就会寻见祂。{FH.60.2}
但以理拿定主意忠于天上的上帝。他决心不吃王的膳，不饮王的酒。他的三个同伴也决心不羞辱上帝，不拜尼布甲尼撒设立在杜拉平原的金像。当我们象上帝的这些忠仆们一样下决心侍奉主时，主就会支持我们，使我们持住祂的能力。……{FH.60.3}
众天使惊讶地看到上帝为之做了那么多、且不断地赐予眷爱和恩赐之人的忘恩负义。人们忘记了上帝的要求，沉湎于自私和世俗。……{FH.60.4}
何时我们不利用上帝的福气荣耀祂，祂就不能在土地和牲畜上赐福给我们。祂不能把自己的财宝委托给那些会滥用的人。主用最清楚明白的话告诉了祂的子民，祂向他们所要的是什么。他们要缴纳自己全部财产的十分之一，并要从祂所赐给他们的钱财中奉献礼物。祂的怜悯和福气一直是丰富而全面的。祂赐下雨水和阳光，使菜蔬生长茂盛。祂赐下节令，使撒种和收割的时节按序而来。上帝永远可靠的良善要求人向祂献上某种更好的东西，而不是忘恩负义和健忘。{FH.60.5}
我们岂不该转向上帝，以感恩的心呈上十分之一和供物吗？主已清楚地说明了我们的本分。我们若疏忽实行祂的要求，就无可推诿。主已把祂的货财放在祂的仆人们手中，要他们公正地处理，使福音传遍天下。为在世界传播祂真理所做的安排和准备不是靠机会。——《时兆》，1890年1月13日。{FH.60.6}
God’s Blessings and Our Responsibility, February 17
“Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.?Malachi 3:7.?{FH 60.1}[1]
Satan constantly presents the sins and wrongs of those who claim to be the children of God, and he taunts the angels of God with their defects. What will bring the Lord’s people into a right position before Him? The Lord answers the question in Malachi, saying, “Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.” When we seek the Lord with full purpose of heart, He will be found of us.?{FH 60.2}[2]
Daniel purposed in his heart that he would be true to the God of heaven. He determined that he would not eat of the king’s meat, or drink of his wine; and his three companions determined that they would not dishonor God by bowing down before the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar set up in the plain of Dura. When we purpose to serve the Lord with a determination like that of these faithful servants of God, the Lord will take our part and enable us to lay hold of His strength....?{FH 60.3}[3]
Angels look with amazement upon the ingratitude of those for whom God has done so much in continually bestowing His favors and gifts. People forget the claims of God, and indulge in selfishness and worldliness....?{FH 60.4}[4]
God cannot bless us in lands and flocks when we do not use His blessings for His glory. He cannot trust His treasure to those who misapply it. In the simplest language the Lord has told His children what He requires of them. They are to pay tithes of all they possess, and to make offerings of that which He bestows upon them. His mercies and blessings have been abundant and systematic. He sends down His rain and sunshine, and causes vegetation to flourish. He gives the seasons; sowing and reaping-time come in their order; and the unfailing goodness of God calls for something better than the ingratitude and forgetfulness that many render to Him.?{FH 60.5}[5]
Shall we not return to God, and with grateful hearts present our tithes and offerings? The Lord has made duty so plain that if we neglect to fulfill His requirements we shall be without excuse. The Lord has left His goods in the hands of His servants to be handled with equity, that the gospel may be preached in all the world. The arrangement and provision for the spread of His truth in the world has not been left to chance.—Signs of the Times, January 13, 1890.?{FH 60.6}[6]
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