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“And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: 

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” (Isaiah 58:10-11) 

You are with one hand to reach up and by faith take hold of the mighty arm which brings salvation, while with the other hand of love you reach the oppressed and relieve them. 

It is impossible for you to fasten upon the arm of God with one hand while the other is employed in ministering to your own pleasure.

If you engage in this work of mercy and love, will the work prove too hard for you? Will you fail and be crushed under the burden, and your family be deprived of your assistance and influence? 

Oh, no; God has carefully removed all doubts upon this question, by a pledge to you on condition of your obedience. 

This promise covers all that the most exacting, the most hesitating, could crave. 

“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily.” 

Only believe that He is faithful that hath promised. God can renew the physical strength. And more, He says He will do it. 

And the promise does not end here. “Thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.” 

God will build a fortification around thee. The promise does not stop even here. 

“Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am.” 

If ye put down oppression and remove the speaking of vanity, if ye draw out your soul to the hungry, 

“then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought [famine], and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”

(Testimonies for the Church Volume 2 34.2, 35.1)