Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
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bigger as they come walking down the street where we live, and knock at
our own door. They're easier spelled out. We can get hold of them better. Love is a thing, we _think_. Jesus is _a person_. It's so different to touch a person. But when we know, we know that both spellings tell the same thing. So far, only about a third of us have heard anything about this second, this closer spelling. Two out of three haven't heard about it yet. But those who really know this spelling are eager for the others to get it, too. God is always controlled by a great simple purpose in thinking of you and me. And it is an unfailing purpose of strong tender love. This is the first key. Any one may take it and use it. It is unfailing. It will fit every lock. It unlock every problem. It will open up the riches to any life. They're brought within easy reach of any hand by the steady use of this key. This is the key to God. It unlocks the doors and lets Him freely into our lives. Then we find out how much truer it is than we can understand. Then there's _the key to the Book of God._ There are many keys here, of course. Daily time alone with the Book, thoughtful reading, prayer, some simple plan, putting into your life what has been put in its pages,--these are all good keys. But there's a master-key, _the_ master-key. It is simply this: glad surrender of will to the God of the Book. I mean a strong intelligent yielding to His mastery in all of one's plans and life. The highest act of the strongest will is yielding to a higher will when you find it. And you find the higher, the highest, will here. This is the master-key. Bending the will affects eyes and ears and mind. |
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