Elizabeth Elliott
Being very much of the earth--earthy--we always
want tangible, visible things--proofs,
demonstrations, something to latch onto. If we
always had them, of course, faith would be
"struck blind." When Jesus hung on a cross, the
challenge was flung at Him: Come down! He stayed
nailed, not so that spectators would be satisfied
(that miracle, his coming down, would have been a
great crowd-pleaser), but that the world might be
saved.
Many of our prayers are directed toward the quick
and easy solution. Long-suffering is sometimes
the only means by which the greater glory of God
will be served, and this is, for the moment,
invisible. We must persist in faith. God has a
splendid purpose. Believe in order to see it.
"Our troubles are slight and short-lived, and
their outcome an eternal glory which outweighs
them far. Meanwhile our eyes are fixed, not on
the things that are seen, but on the things that
are unseen" (2 Cor 4:17, 18 NEB).
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