As believers, we desire to be refined by God to bring Him honor and be used by Him. But the process of refining isn’t something that feels good, nor does it give us an emotional high. God accomplishes the refining during the normal course of life. On our average day we don’t notice it or recognize it but typically are irritated and complain wishing life would be better. God uses those closest to us to reveal our inner character so…
There is one ultimate question, a question of all time, the only question in the universe, and Hannah Whithall Smith puts it into words. Our great need, therefore, is to find out this fact of His abiding love. Our question of one another, or of our own hearts, ought to be not, “Do you love God?” but, “Have you found out that God loves you?” Smith, Hannah Whithall, “Being Loving” July 4, God Is Enough, Minneapolis, MN: Zondervan Publishing, 1986….
Are you one of the many that are afraid to believe there is a loving God? Or do you know someone who is hesitant to place their faith and confidence in Jesus Christ? It is definitely a step of faith. A stepping out into the unknown. If only they knew how incomplete they are without God, the source of true Life. If only they could see how separated they are from God, with a great chasm between them and God….
