Our hope for total God dependence remains, for now, a noble hope. We long for God’s Spirit to fill us and we long to speak inspired words, but too often, we speak from our own passions words that do not reflect God’s heart. This was the case with the great …
What we have to say for God is not nearly as important as what God wants to say through us. We must speak, but He must speak through us. Instead of the pride of life, we must speak “in weakness and fear, and with much trembling” (1Corinthians 2:3). In this …
Our professor asked for prayer at the start of class one day; then he broke down in tears as the prayers began. We were suddenly aware that it is not the student alone who sufferer the strains of life at seminary; our teachers also struggled with life outside the classroom. There was always a spiritual reality behind the academics we pursued, and more to learn than the books could teach.
This life provides ample cause for sorrow. Glorious as it is, this is a world of scarred beauty. We are “born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). Yet, after the heart has voiced its concerns, let there be praise. “Let everything that has breath praise the …