I recently finished reading a book entitled: Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret and I was incredibly blessed to read the testimony of a man so sold out for the Lord. His trust in God’s provision was amazing. One of his favorite hymns was:
Jesus I am resting, resting
In the joy of what Thou art
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart….
Mr. Taylor’s whole life was characterized by a constant reliance on God – AND an overflow of God’s love and grace and strength. Here are two of my favorite quotes from the book; I thought they might be worth sharing.
1. “No fear that His resources will prove unequal to the emergency! And His resources are mine, for He is mine, and is with me and dwells in me.”
2. “It doesn’t matter, really, how great the pressure is,” he used to say; “it only matters where the pressure lies. See that it never comes between you and the Lord – then, the greater the pressure, the more it presses you to His breast.”
Isn’t that beautiful? We can rest – and be so full of the Lord that we overflow onto others. As I start a new school year of teaching at a new school with new kids and new schedules and responsibilities – I can rest! I know that I am fully equipped – even with the mind of Christ (I Corinithians 2:16) and I can look at each moment as a chance, whether it seems good or bad – to draw closer to my Jesus.
Looking forward to being poured out and drawn in!
The thing that hit me the hardest in the entire book...
ReplyDeletePage 233, second to last paragraph on that page. The last sentence says "Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
I find it amazing and at the same time not amazing that out of an entire book written to capture a person's attention, the part that hit me right between the eyes was a quote by Christ Himself from Luke 6. :) Thank you for your comments, it was a good book.
Zach Henken from Asheville Gospel Chapel
We missed you this morning by the way. :)