"faith and love, leaving the result with God. The work is not yours, but the Lord's. In all your communications, speak as one to whom the Lord has spoken. He is your authority, and He will give you His sustaining grace.’” Unpublished Letter, December 2, 1902 . LS 433.1"
"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase."
The EGW passage directly echoes the principle that the work is God's, not the individual's, and that God provides the increase, as stated in 1 Corinthians 3:7. The emphasis on relying on God's authority and grace aligns with the verse's focus on God's role in the outcome.
"But these volumes were not to be the last. There was much yet to be accomplished. “I must prepare books,” she wrote in May, 1903, “and thus give to others the light that the Lord gives me. I do not want to leave an unfinished work.” And during the same month she wrote further: “I am trying to prepare for publication matter that will guard the work on every side, so that it may not become disproportionate. We have many things in preparation for publication.... The truth must appear just as it is.” LS 433.4"
"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."
Both passages emphasize the urgency and necessity of completing the work God has given them to do. The phrase "I must work" in John 9:4 mirrors EGW's sentiment of needing to prepare books and not leave an unfinished work.