A Library Of Resources For Spiritual Growth
There is a great chasm between ourselves and God, between our subjective unawareness of his presence and the objective truth that he is present, between our darkness and his light. We cannot go from our darkness to his light, because we are working in the dark. But God can go from his light to our darkness, because he is working in the light. Any bridge we try to build across that infinite chasm between ourselves and God will break, because we cannot bridge an infinite abyss by finite power. But the bridge that God builds to us is unbreakable, for it is made by his power. That bridge is Christ. We receive Christ by faith. And even our faith in Christ, like Christ himself, is God’s gift to us. He gives us not only himself but also a new organ to receive him with, a new eye to see him with: the eye of faith.
Many people today want “experiences”. Their prayer is really, “Lord, I believe; help my bad feelings” instead of “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24).
Prayer For Beginners - Peter Kreeft
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