“Let us believe that the very promises of God we plead have
a divine meaning, infinitely beyond our thoughts of them. Let us believe that His fulfillment of them
can be, in a power and an abundance of grace, beyond our largest grasping of
though. And let us therefore cultivate
the habit of waiting on God, not only for what we think we need, but for all
that His grace and power are ready to do for us.
“In every true prayer, there are two hearts in
exercise. The one is your heart, with
its little, dark human thoughts of what you need and God can do. The other is God’s great heart, with its
infinite, its divine purposes of blessing.
What think you? To which of these
two ought the larger place be given in your approach to Him? Undoubtedly, to the
heart of God. Everything depends upon
knowing and being occupied with that.
But, how little this is done…
“May it not be that you have had your own thoughts about the
way or the extent of God’s doing it, and have never waited on the God of glory,
according to the riches of His glory, to do for you what the heart of man
cannot conceive?
--Andrew Murray, Waiting on God
Orkney Islands, Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral, 1137
Wonderful quote, Mother. Such a humbling reminder of how weak we really are when presented with such a glorious opportunity.
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