From another essay in the "Watch for the Light" book, comes a dead-on essay by Phillip Britts entitled "Yielding to God."
"True expectancy, the waiting that is genuine and from the heart, is brought about by the coming of the Holy Spirit, by God coming to us, and not by our own devices. Spiritual depth, if it is true, is the working of God coming down and penetrating to the depths of our hearts, and not of our own soul's climbing. No ladder of mysticism can ever meet or find or possess God. Faith is a power given to us. It is never simply our ability or strength of will to believe. The spiritual experience that is truly genuine is given to us by God in the coming of his Spirit, and only as we surrender our whole lives to an active expression of his will."
Phillip Britts, British horiculturist and poet, died at the age of 37. It struck me how deep his understanding of God was at such a young age.
Amen
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