To be near unto God - pagina 168
the knowledge of God, and thereby to obtain ever larger possession
and
fuller
enjoyment of eternal
provided we separate this utterance of the will less and less from the will of God and derive life,
it more and more from the will of God. every idea of cruelty falls away. Whether
limited
or
large,
makes
no
Thus life is
difference.
Even
wears on like the quiet flow of a gentle stream, every day the knowledge of God can be enriched by it, and we can increase in everlasting life; a queen on her throne as well as the farmhand behind the plow, a professor in his study who is no better than he who moves the shuttle in the loom. This goes softly, as by the side of very still
though
it
waters, and the glory of it is that it asks for no extra time outside of the daily life. Every kind of learning demands special time. The daily task Special time must be set is broken up for it. apart for it. On the part of many people this For most people's life is is almost impossible.
a mill which never stops. But even this is no drawback to the knowledge of God through "the willing of the will." For the will never operates Whether, outside of, but always in the life. therefore, you walk behind a plow, or stand behind the school-desk, or care for your children at home, or nurse the sick, it is all the same. It is
all
utterance and activity of
will.
And
pro-
vided we do not oppose our will to the will of God, and do not diverge from it, but bend our will after God's will, it is all one process of activity,
God,
whereby we increase in the knowledge of through this knowledge to mature
in order
in eternal
life.
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's
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Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's