Meditations

UNSHAKABLE DESIRE FOR GOD Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2.14 When we seek only the glory of God, we will find our peace again. But God's glory is not to be found in all the thoughts and actions of man. God wants to be glorified only through our bringing our human nature down to nothing, and giving ourselves completely over to His Spirit. We must not want His glory more than He wants it Himself. So let us give ourselves over as quiet instruments for carrying out His divine plan. Many things will have to be rooted out, our bustling urgency, our movements based on self, our restless agitation that comes disguised as zeal. When these are gone, that is true peace and good will. The way to have a good will that conforms to God's is to give up our desires and fears, and to leave ourselves completely in His hands. Those who do so are as unshakable as Mount Zion. They can never be moved, because their only desire is for God, and it is God who brings everything to pass.