Sublime

adopting the mind-set of Paul, who said, “I don’t think about what would be good for me but about what would be good for many people so that they might be saved.”

Obedience can ask with boldness at the throne of grace, and those who exercise it are the only ones who can ask, after that fashion. The disobedientfolk are timid in their approach and hesitant in their supplication. They are halted by reason of their wrong-doing. The requesting yet obedient child comes into the presence of his father with

For reflection Genesis 22:1–19

The account God will ask of us is one of obedience, not performance.

We must make sure that those of us working in a Para-church organisation are part of a local church, have a testimony of good character within that church, have served passionately in that church and have been acknowledged by the leadership of that church.

But God can only reveal His will to a heart that is humble and tender and empty. God can only reveal His will in perplexities and special difficulties to a heart that has learned to obey and honor Him loyally in little things and in daily life.

for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and my God has become my strength— 6 he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Any time you question God’s wisdom or step over his boundaries, you are telling yourself that you are smarter than God.