Eliot: that God would make us dangerous

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
    Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711
Meditation:
    The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
    —Proverbs 28:1 (NIV)
Quotation:
    We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are “harmless,” and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are “sideliners”—coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!
    ... Jim Elliot (1927-1956), Shadow of the Almighty: the life & testament of Jim Elliot, Elisabeth Elliot, Harper, 1958, p. 79 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, arouse Your saints! CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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