This is the first installment of a new regular column where I’ll share some of the best reads on my RSS feed.
To Know God
The Thirsty Theologian succinctly captures in writing exactly the Christian that I am on so many occasions.
I want to know God, I say again. I want to know Him in all his glory. Yet there is a part of me that most definitely does not want to know Him: my flesh. My flesh assiduously avoids all knowledge of God. Why? Because knowledge makes demands. My flesh does not like demands. Oh, it likes to make demands. It makes demands on people, on things, on circumstances, and even on God, but it hates demands made on me.
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But I am not humble. I am proud and independent. If I was humble, the logical thing to do at this point would be to acknowledge my helplessness, rest on God’s promises, and pray for grace. But very often, my reaction is anything but humble. Rather than praying, I resolve to do better. I will try harder. Can you believe it? I retreat to my own self-sufficiency! The very self-sufficiency that has already been destroyed!
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