The
very first thing that happened after the news reached heaven of the fall of man,
was that God came straight down to seek out the lost one. As He walks through
the garden in the cool of the day, you can hear Him calling 'Adam! Adam! Where
art thou?' It was the voice of grace, of mercy, and of love. Adam ought to have
taken the seeker's place, for he was the transgressor. He had fallen, and he
ought to have gone up and down Eden crying, 'My God! my God! where art Thou?'
But God left heaven to seek through the dark world for the rebel who had fallen
- not to hurl him from the face of the earth, but to plan him an escape from the
misery of his sin. And he finds him - where? Hiding from his Creator among the
bushes of the garden. - D. L. Moody
No
one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his
need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.
We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God. Then we can receive what
He brings us in His own time, if at all. Instead we are set as blood-hounds
after a partner, considering everyone we see until our minds are so concerned
with the sex problem that we can talk of nothing else when bull-session time
comes around. It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women -- but he can think
of them as he ought -- as sisters, not as sparring partners. - Jim Elliot
The
very first thing that happened after the news reached heaven of the fall of man,
was that God came straight down to seek out the lost one. As He walks through
the garden in the cool of the day, you can hear Him calling 'Adam! Adam! Where
art thou?' It was the voice of grace, of mercy, and of love. Adam ought to have
taken the seeker's place, for he was the transgressor. He had fallen, and he
ought to have gone up and down Eden crying, 'My God! my God! where art Thou?'
But God left heaven to seek through the dark world for the rebel who had fallen
- not to hurl him from the face of the earth, but to plan him an escape from the
misery of his sin. And he finds him - where? Hiding from his Creator among the
bushes of the garden. - D. L. Moody
No
one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his
need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.
We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God. Then we can receive what
He brings us in His own time, if at all. Instead we are set as blood-hounds
after a partner, considering everyone we see until our minds are so concerned
with the sex problem that we can talk of nothing else when bull-session time
comes around. It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women -- but he can think
of them as he ought -- as sisters, not as sparring partners. - Jim Elliot