Every Monday I'm going to post one of Jonathan Edwards resolutions. He penned these while still a very young man and used them to guide his life. What am I using to guide me, my family, my ministry??
53. Resolved, To improve every opportunity, when I am in the best and happiest frame of mind, to cast and venture my soul on the Lord Jesus Christ, to trust and confide in him, and consecrate myself wholly to him; that from this I may have assurance of my safety, knowing that I confide in my Redeemer. July 8, 1723.
- When are you most likely to run to your Redeemer? When sky's are sunny and bright or when things turn dark and troubled?
- What does it mean for you to consecrate yourself to the Lord?
- What Edwards is landing on here is that after our trust is rightly put in the Lord our safety is in his hands. Not saying that bad things won't happen to us and we won't feel the pain of this world but saying that we can be assured that even when hard times come our safety is in the hands of the one who "makes all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
1 comments:
The first bullet point is the most intriguing. "...when we are in our best frame of mind..."
Intense and insightful.
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