Begin to know Him now, and finish never

Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. We are always in such a frantic hurry. In the light of the glory of the vision we go forth to do things, but the vision is not real in us yet; and God has to take us into the valley, and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the place where He can trust us.... Let Him put you on His wheel and whirl you as He likes, and as sure as God is God and you are you, you will turn out exactly in accordance with the vision. Don't lose heart in the process.

When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for himself.

Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience.

Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him.

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.

Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience?