There is no blessing I would withhold from those who walk in obedience to Me - who follow when I call, who respond when I speak to them. Near to My heart and precious in My sight are those who have eyes to discern My purpose and ears that listen to My direction.
Do not be intent on great accomplishments. By what standards do you judge the importance of a matter? It was a relatively small thing that Hannah prayed for a son, but what great things I have accomplished hrough Samuel! It may have seemed incidental that Simeon and Anna perceived the Christ child and prophesied over Him, but it was an event worthy to be recorded in Holy Scripture and preserved forever.
No, you cannot ascertain the ways of God amid the pathways of men. You may feel the wind as I pass and yet see only the swirling dust. The earthly obscures the heavenly. Human voices drown out the voice of God. Only in solitude can you begin to sift away the chaff and come at last to the golden grains of truth.
The world will confuse you. Silence will speak more to you in a day than the world of voices can teach you in a lifetime. Find silence - find solitude - and having discovered her riches, bind her to your heart.
Frances Roberts
This word of devotion spoke directly to my heart such comfort and consolation so many years ago when my eldest was a mere baby! I was being pressured to partake in so many activities, good activities to the outside eye. Yet, the busier "ministering" I became, the more empty and barren I found myself.
Religious service is a hollow illusion compared to the intimacy of the Living God, the lover of our souls!
1 comments:
I love the deep and stirring words of Frances Roberts and yours, "Religious service is a hollow illusion compared to the intimacy of the Living God, the lover of our souls!" How true.
Blessings,
Linda
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