Trust in Our Gentle, Loving, Caring God

I found this "introduction" in a little book entitled, "Day By Day". I am inspired to make this "introduction" available to all.

I have been asked to write an introduction to a collection of extracts from my books. I gladly do so as an acknowledgement of the love that has actuated the labor, and to bid the little book Godspeed on its way. When a servant of God knows that he has a message, however defective its delivery be, it is a joy to know that it has reached our hearts, and that it is by them being passed on farther.

If anyone asks me what the message has been, I think I may say honestly that it was nothing but this - that our Lord Jesus is willing to be far more to us than we know. All that we have enjoyed of Him is only a beginning. He  is waiting to dispossess and deliver from the life of self and self-effort, and to let the life, and the light, and the love of God fill us and be our life in a degree and a power we have very little idea of. For all that the Lord has allowed me to say of the possibility of abiding in Him, of being like Him, of entering with Him into the secret of prayer and intercession, into the Holiest of All, I humbly praise Him. That in all things He may have the pre-eminence! Let this be our watchword. Let an enthusiastic devotion to His presence and working prove that He is all in all to us. As the soul turns from itself and the creature to allow Him to become its life; it will begin to know what it was God created us for, and to be fitted for more effectually passing on to others that life which it has in Him.

With my loving greetings to all,
Ever yours in Christ Jesus,
Andrew Murray
November 2, 1898

 (My comment: God is a gentle, loving, caring, patient Father to each of His precious children. All it takes from us is to desire and love Him with a heartfelt love and prayer to have Him come to reside within each of us. God never gets upset with our mistakes, our mis-steps, our blunderings. No. He quietly waits for us to catch up to Him, and then continues leading us on toward Him. Don't ever be afraid of God! He isn't cranky, or hard to please. He leads each of us according to our own abilities and understandings. Give your entire being to Him with all the heart-felt love for Him that you have and allow Him to guide you to the upper reaches of a life here on earth where nothing can harm us and where are preparing for a glorious eternity in heaven with Him. (KS)