We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

Our Lord’s teaching is always anti-self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a man; His purpose is to make a man exactly like Himself, and the characteristic of the Son of God is self-expenditure.

There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing.

Wait on God and He will work, but don't wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our spiritual hysterics to wait on God? To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.

Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.

Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing.

God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.