I have been blessed by Ray Ortlund’s commentary “Isaiah—God Saves Sinners†as I prepare for a Sunday school class on the Greatness of God. I was particularly challenged by these words this morning:
Here is the Christian life in just six words: “Not knowing where†(Hebrews 11:8), “I know whom†(2 Timothy 1:12)…If you always have to know where and what and when and how and so forth, all in advance, before you obey God, then you are not living by faith in God.
Living by faith in God accepts ambiguity without getting nervous, because God is the one in charge. “Not knowing where, I know whom‗that’s Christianity…We always live on the cutting edge of faith, either faith in God or faith in something else. And yesterday’s faith in God belongs to yesterday. In who do you now trust? In the struggle you are facing now, in whom do you trust?
Ray Ortlund, Isaiah – God Saves Sinners, Crossway Books, 2005, p. 205
