Unmet Goals and the Spirit's Gracious Work
Jessalyn Hutto
“We must not suppose that the measure of our understanding or experience is the measure of the Spirit’s working.” (Redemption Accomplished and Applied, John Murray)
As a young, ambitious Christian, my teen self had big plans for my future super-spiritual adult self. By this time in my life I planned to have a certain (large) amount of Bible passages memorized, have read through my Bible a certain (large)amount of times, and have gotten this prayer discipline down pat. I saw myself brimming with anticipation each morning as my alarm clock went off, practically singing my way out of bed for morning devotions (coffee? who needs that?!). Oh, and did I mention that on top of all that I was hoping to be able to read Greek by now?...
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