The Disciplines of Life
Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is about to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you. 1 Peter 4:12
Good morning, brothers. I recently came across this poem again that I have seen in a variety of books. The poem was written by V. Raymond Edman, the fourth president of Wheaton College:
When God wants to drill a man,
And thrill a man,
And skill a man,
To play the noblest part;
When He yearns with all His heart
To create so great and bold a man
That all the world shall be amazed,
Watch His methods, watch His ways!
How He ruthlessly perfects
Whom He royally elects!
How He hammers him and hurts him
How He hammers him and hurts him
And with mighty blows converts him
Into trial shapes of clays which
Only God understands;
Only God understands;
While his tortured heart is crying
And he lifts beseeching hands!
And he lifts beseeching hands!
How He bends but never breaks
When his good He undertakes;
How He uses whom He chooses,
And with every purpose fuses him;
By every act induces him
To try His splendor out – God knows what He’s about!
Wow. Pretty heavy stuff at the outset of a new week. How does God want to use you this week? This year? Are you willing? – Bill Welte is President and CEO
Dig This Quote: To the child of God, there is no such thing as an accident. He travels an appointed way … Accidents may indeed APPEAR to befall him and misfortune stalk his way; but those evils will be so in appearance only and will seem evils only because we cannot read the secret script of God’s hidden providence. A. W. Tozer
Determined Digging: Level 1: John 8:31-32; Level 2: Isaiah 40: 28-31
Determined Praying: Prayer is not so much submitting our needs to God but admitting ourselves to Him. John Blanchard
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