Newbigin: tempting God

May 5, 2009

Meditation:
    And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"
    -- Exodus 17:7 (NIV)

Quotation:
    Tempting God is the precise opposite of faith. Faith is a complete founding of the whole man upon what God has said and done, upon His self-revelation. Tempting God means trying to get more assurance than God has given.
    ... Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998), The Household of God, New York: Friendship Press, 1954, p. 29 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me peace in Your assurance.

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