Our readings in this series are from the book, Such a Great Salvation. Here is a brief excerpt from page 51:
“We have been attempting, with only the meagerest of satisfaction, to paint a picture of our great salvation that will stretch our minds and inflame our hearts to seek the Lord and His Presence and power, to the fullest extent of all that He has accomplished for and promised to us.
“I confess to feelings of inadequacy in trying to explain what we’re missing when we neglect this great salvation. I feel like Job, rebuking his friends by reminding them of the greatness of God, Who sees every soul at a glance, upholds the earth and all things, maintains the vast cosmos, brings the rains, rules the light and the darkness, ‘stirs up the seas with His power,’ and ‘by His understanding He breaks up the storm.’ He adorns the heavens with majesty and might, and He controls even the wicked and fallen angels. And yet, after such a breathtaking litany of mysteries, Job can say, ‘Indeed, these are the mere edges of His ways.’ Truly, ‘how small a whisper we hear of Him!’ (v. 14), and how inadequate have been my efforts to rouse us from our neglect, and call us to greater diligence in working out our salvation in fear and trembling before the Lord.
“Truly, who of us can ever know the limits of our salvation? God intends the knowledge of His glory to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea, to flood the world with grace, forgiveness, newness, goodness, beauty, hope, and joy. And He does this first of all in our souls, then from our souls into all our words and deeds; then by those words and deeds, God floods His saving grace and truth into every nook and cranny of our world, in particular, that part of the world He has assigned to each of us.”
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T. M. Moore
