Comforts from the Cross

I have been reading Elyse Fitzpatrick's book Comforts from the Cross this last month and today came across the following paragraph that really caused me to stop and think. It still has me a little boggled. I thought I would share the love for all of you to read as well:

"So much of our lives as Christians is spent in futile doubt, weak questionings, and apathetic, self-serving strategies. In part, we fail in our war for purity because we spend too much time meditating on ourselves, our work, our growth. We have little hope for change because our hope is grounded in ourselves, in how we're doing, in whether God is proving His love by granting us every trifling desire or delivering us from heartbreaking trial. We've been deceived into believing that His love is passe, something we've already comprehended. It bores us. John's message, through the Spirit of the living Christ, calls to you today: "See!" See him. See what your adoption cost Him. See His commitment to His family, to you. Steep your soul in the warmth of His desire to have you for His own, and after you have done that, pursue the purity that is a mark of this fierce love."

some wisdom from Spurg...

“Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition. Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances. Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good.”

Charles Spurgeon