If we do not see beyond the visible, if we cannot touch that which is intangible, if we cannot hear that which is inaudible, if we cannot know that which is beyond knowing, then I have serious doubts about the validity of our Christian experience. The Bible tells us:A.W. Tozer
"eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the hearts of men the things that God has laid up for them that love Him" [1 Cor 2:9]
That is why Paul goes on to remind us that God has revealed these mysteries to us by the Holy Spirit. If we would only stop trying to make the Holy Spirit our servant and begin to live in Him as the fish lives in the sea, we would enter into the riches of glory about which we know nothing now.
Too many want the Holy Spirit in order that they may have the gift of healing. Others want Him for the gift of tongues. Still others seek him so that their testimony may become effective. All of these things, I will grant, are a part of the total pattern of the New Testament. But it is impossible to make God our servant. Let us never pray that we may be filled with the Spirit of God for secondary purposes. God wants to fill us with the Holy Spirit in order that we should know Him first of all and be absorbed in Him. We should enter into the fullness of the Spirit so that God's son may be glorified in us.
From "Faith Beyond Reason"
2 comments:
"and be absorbed in Him".... I like that image.
What were those Schaeffer books you recommended again? Am tryng to add more to my already enormous reading list of "Good books I intend to read someday when i finally get around to it..."
To start with:
The God who is there
He is there, He is not Silent
Escape from Reason
True Spirituality
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