: We Cannot :
If God Has Called Us To Be Really
Like Christ, He May Draw Us Into
A Life Of Crucifixion And Humility,
And Put On Us Such Demands Of
Obedience That He Will Not Allow
Us To Follow Other Christians, And
In Many Ways He Will Seem To Let
Other Good People Do Things Which
He Will Not Let Us Do.
Other Christians, Who Seem Very
Religious And Useful, May Push Them-
selves, Pull Wires, And Work Schemes
To Carry Out Their Plans, But We Cannot
Do It; And If We Attempt It We Will Meet
With Such Failure And Rebuke From The
Lord As To Make Us Sorely Penitent.
Others May Boast Of Themselves, Of Their
Work, Of Their Success, Of Their Writing,
But The Holy Spirit Will Not Allow Us To Do
Any Such Thing, And If We Begin It He Will
Lead Us Into Some Deep Mortification, That
Will Make Us Despise Ourselves And All Our
Good Works.
Others Will Be Allowed To Succeed In Making
Money. . . But It Is Likely God Will Keep Us
Poor, Because He Want Us To Have Something
Far Better Than Gold, And That Is A Helpless
Dependence On Him, That He May Have The
Privilege Of Supplying Our Needs Day By Day
Out Of An Unseen Treasury.
Posted By: Judith A.
Posted By: Judith A. Birt
Sunday, November 10th 2013 at 10:48PM
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