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During those six years God drew me tighter and tighter into his heart. It was a feast for my soul.
cynicism looks too long into the Dark Lord’s crystal ball. Its attempt to unmask evil unwittingly enlarges evil. Increasingly, we are returning to the world of pre-Christian paganism, where evil seemingly has the loudest voice and the last word.
Prayer wasn’t self-discipline; it was desperation.
Nothing undercuts cynicism more than a spirit of thankfulness. You begin to realize that your whole life is a gift.
Thanksgiving looks reality in the face and rejoices at God’s care. It replaces a bitter spirit with a generous one.
In the face of Adam and Eve’s evil, God takes up needle and thread and patiently sews fine leather clothing for them (see Genesis 3:21). He covers their divided, hiding selves with love. The same God permits his Son to be stripped naked so we could be clothed. God is not cynical in the face of evil. He loves.
Desert life sanctifies you. You have no idea you are changing. You simply notice after you’ve been in the desert awhile that you are different.
The desert becomes a window to the heart of God. He finally gets your attention because he’s the only game in town. You cry out to God so long and so often that a channel begins to open up between you and God.
The clear, fresh water of God’s presence that you discover in the desert becomes a well inside your own heart.
IF YOU TRY TO SEIZE THE DAY, THE DAY WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK YOU. SEIZE THE CORNER OF HIS GARMENT AND DON’T LET GO UNTIL HE BLESSES YOU. HE WILL RESHAPE THE DAY.
When I begin praying Christ into someone’s life, God often permits suffering in that person’s life.
Only by watching do we realize the bizarre connections God makes in the kingdom.
First, my question and the subsequent answer were immersed in reflections on God’s Word. It was just one stage in an unfolding, biblically informed story of repentance.
Psalm 25:14 says, “The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.”
The thought that I was too proud sounded like God. It was distinctively his voice. It matched Scripture. He writes his Word on our hearts.
If we focus exclusively on God’s written Word when looking for God’s activity in our lives but don’t watch and pray, we’ll miss the unfolding story of his work.
