Prodigal: He’s so stupid he couldn’t roll rocks down a hill.
Me: I don’t know if that is the nicest thing to say to someone.
Prodigal: Probably not.
This is from the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
Whoever will listen will hear the speaking Heaven. This is definitely not the hour when men take kindly to an exhortation to listen, for listening is not today a part of popular religion. We are at the opposite end of the pole from there. Religion has accepted the monstrous heresy that noise, size, activity and bluster make a man dear to God. But we may take heart. To a people caught in the tempest of the last great conflict, God says, “Be still, and know that I am God,” and still He says it, as if He means to tell us that our strength and safety lie not in noise but in silence.
Today is a day to listen. Just listen.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Isaiah 38:19
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
