Faith & Trust
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I should desire to have my Lord well spoken of, and honored, howbeit He should make nothing of me but a bridge over a water.
Man hath so much the greater occasion and obligation to notice and acknowledge God’s perfections and all-sufficiency. The greater the creature’s dependence is on God’s perfections, and the greater concern he has with them, so much the greater occasion has he to take notice of them.
Pride renders faith impossible.
At the bottom of all faith there is a feeling of helplessness.
It is verily a great thing to live in obedience, to be under authority, and not to be at our own disposal.
When I know so little of God, I cannot much know what it is to enjoy him.
Faith abases men, and exalts God; it gives all the glory of redemption to him alone. It is necessary in order to saving faith, that man should be emptied of himself, be sensible that he is wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
It is my duty to mistrust my own ability, that I may have reliance on Him who is stronger than all.
Oh that I might but stand in Christ’s out-house, or hold a candle in any low vault of His house!
As long as we are something, God cannot be all, and His omnipotence cannot do its full work. That is the beginning of faith--utter despair of self, a ceasing from man and everything on earth, and finding our hope in God alone.
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