CQOD: 07/06/06 -- Davidman: praying whose will be done?

Christian Quotation of the Day

July 6, 2006

Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, &John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535

Meditation:
    "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,"
        declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
    "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
        I will punish the altars of Bethel,
    and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
        and fall to the ground.
    I will strike the winter house along with the summer house,
        and the houses of ivory shall perish,
    and the great houses shall come to an end,"
        declares the LORD.
    -- Amos 3:13-15 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    We sometimes come to God, not because we love Him best, but because we love our possessions best; we ask Christ to “save Western civilization,” without asking ourselves whether it is entirely a civilization that Christ could want to save. We pray, too often, not to do God’s will, but to enlist God’s assistance in maintaining our “continually increasing consumption.” And yet, though Christ promised that God would feed us, he never promised that God would stuff us to bursting.
    ... Joy Davidman (1915-1960), Smoke on the Mountain [1955]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may I not take Your bounty for granted. Lead me to understand my stewardship more thoroughly.

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