God wants men connected with His work in Battle Creek whose judgment is at hand, whose minds, when it is necessary, will act like the lightnings. The greatest promptness is positively necessary in the hour of peril and danger. Every plan may be well laid to accomplish certain results, and yet a delay of a very short time may leave things to assume an entirely different shape, and the great objects which might have been gained are lost through lack of quick foresight and prompt dispatch. Much may be done in training the mind to overcome indolence. There are times when caution and great deliberation are necessary; rashness would be folly. But even here, much has been lost by too great hesitancy. Caution, up to a certain point, is required; but hesitancy and policy on particular occasions have been more disastrous than would have been a failure through rashness. 3T 498.1 My brother, you need to cultivate promptness. Away with your hesitating manner. You are slow and neglect to seize the w…
"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
The EGW passage discusses the need for promptness, strength, and vigilance in the work, which aligns with the call to watchfulness, steadfastness, and strength in 1 Corinthians 16:13. The connection is thematic rather than a direct allusion.