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Foxe: Voices
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physical bookstore that can get it! Bridge-Logos cannot get
any more copies before Christmas. We
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Let us always "nightly pitch our moving tents, a day's march
nearer home."
Consider
The secrets of the Kingdom are not for all to see, but only
for those who will seek them.
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spiritual power—power to convict of sin, power to deliver,
power to heal. There is only one question to be answered:
"How badly do you want it?"
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James Gilmore of
Mongolia
Do not we rest in our day too much on the arm of flesh?
Cannot the same wonders be done now as of old? Do not the
eyes of the Lord still run to and fro throughout the whole
earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those who put
their trust in Him? Oh, that God would give me more
practical faith in Him! Where is now the Lord God of Elijah?
He is waiting for Elijah to call on him.
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How You Know It Bad?
In a land far away in space and time, when warlords ruled
and peasants worked, Hu, the son of Wu Chen, was tilling the
fields on their farm one day when a band of wild horses
passed nearby. By dint of daring, skill, and luck, Hu
managed to capture a magnificent stallion. He took him back
to their farm house and put him in the corral with the other
animals.
When their neighbor, Cheng Yang, heard about it, he came
over to see this good fortune. When he saw the stallion, he
said to Wu Chen, "It is good that Hu capture a
wonderful horse!"
Wu Chen looked at him and said, "How you know it good?"
Sure enough, a few days later Hu tried to ride the
stallion and was thrown off and broke his leg. When Cheng
heard about it he came over to sympathize, and said to Wu
Chen, "It is bad that Hu break his leg."
Wu Chen said, "How you know it bad?"
Sure enough, a week later an adjacent warlord attacked a
nearby village and the warlord who controlled their area
conscripted into his army all the young men who could fight,
but Hu Chen could not go because of his broken leg. When
Cheng heard of this he came over to congratulate Wu Chen,
"It is good," he said, "that Hu not fight in
war."
Wu Chen said, "How you know it good?"
Sure enough, the war was short and their warlord won
decisively and captured all the properties and goods of the
other warlord. And to each of the men who fought with him he
gave a bag of gold, enough for a lifetime.
When Cheng heard of this he came over to sympathize, "It
is bad that you not get bag of gold," he said.
Wu Chen said, "How you know it bad?"
Sure enough, . . .
The moral of this story is, of course, that we cannot know
what is good or bad for us, only God knows. And so it is
written for believers in Christ, "all things work together
for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose" Whether things seem good to us or
bad to us, God puts them all together and works them for our
good.
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St. Augustine wondered: "Why does it say in the holy Psalm
that the hearts of them shall rejoice that seek the Lord,
that seek His face forever? (Psalm 105:3-4). Why does it not
say that the hearts of them shall rejoice that find
the Lord? If that which is always being sought seems as
though it will never be found, how then will the hearts of
them that seek rejoice, and not rather be made sad, if they
cannot find what they seek? For the holy Psalm does NOT say,
'The hearts shall rejoice of them that find, but of
them that seek, the Lord." He then speculates that
joy is born "when one has been able to find how
incomprehensible that is which he was seeking."
In other words, the Lord is incomprehensible and we will
never fully understand the wonder of Him, but there is joy
unspeakable in the seeking . . . in the attempt to grasp . .
. in the stretching forth of our heart and soul toward him .
. . in the pressing forward to know that which cannot be
known.
A. W. Tozer said of the Apostle Paul, "Paul was a seeker
and a finder and a seeker still." Like Augustine, Paul
understood the joy of seeking. |
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Beverlee is busy editing a new book, currently titled,
Preparation for Your Expectation, but she'll probably
recommend a different title since that one is a bit vague.
She says it's a great book, scripturally sound, well
researched and written, and should be of great help to any
Christian who wants to learn what to do to receive more of
the spiritual promises of God in Christ. I'm still
revising R. A. Torrey's book, The Holy Spirit: Who He Is
and What He Does, which may also get a slightly
different title. Also, there's a possibility that
Bridge-Logos may publish a book I've been working on for
several years, Christ Is God's Everything for You.
And I've suggested another book, John G. Lake: A Man of
Power, which seems to have stirred a bit of interest.
As always, Beverlee and I appreciate your prayers—they
are much needed.
Harold J. Chadwick |
