It is not reasonable to talk of wanting to know God’s will unless we have first offered ourselves to Him. Why should He show us what to do if we have not yet made up our minds as to whose we are? The will of God is for those who trust Him ---those, that is, who commit themselves totally, who offer their “very selves to Him as a living sacrifice, dedicated and fit for His acceptance” (Rom.12:1). This must always be the first step, followed by the refusal to allow the world to dictate thought patterns. The mind must be “remade” ---shaped according to a radically different pattern. Then and only then can we discern the will of God. Then we will understand that it is, contrary to the view that comes naturally, “good, acceptable, and perfect.”
The Music of His Promises by Elisabeth Elliot
The Music of His Promises by Elisabeth Elliot
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