Acts 14:22
…strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them
to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter
the kingdom of God.”
… you will find
the great characteristic of the life of a child of God is the power to suffer,
and through that suffering, the natural is transformed into the
spiritual….Jesus Christ disturbs every kind of satisfaction that is less than
delight in God. Every strand of sentimental satisfaction is an indication of
how much farther we have to go before we understand the life of God… Every
strand of sentimental satisfaction is an indication of how much father we have
to go before we can understand the life of God; it is the satisfaction of a
smug self-interest which God, by circumstances and pain, shocks out of us as we
go into the discipline of life.
Excerpts from Oswald
Chambers
Daily Devotional
Bible, Reading188 (7/7)
From If Thou Wilt Be Perfect
This photograph is by Liz Burnell.
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