With or without our help...
Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.
– William Carey
Young man, sit down. When God pleases to convert the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine.
– Older minister speaking to William Carey, 1786.
Sometimes I wonder if this older minister hasn't received some bad press over the years. Sure, he failed to realise that God uses secondary means. Sure, Carey was correct in saying that the Great Commission is still in force today. Sure, Carey's passion and initiative has been a great blessing to God's Kingdom. And yet...
You see, last week I was talking to a gentleman who tried to convince me that God was going to do a great work. Then all of a sudden I realised that what he really meant was that God was going to do a great work through him. And my unspoken response was "Young man, sit down. When God chooses to do a great work, he'll do it without your help or mine."
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