"The continual grubbing on the inside to see whether we are what we ought to be generates a self-centered, morbid type of Christianity, not the robust, simple life of the child of God. launch out in reckless belief that the Redemption is complete, and then bother no more about yourself, but begin to do as Jesus Christ said--pray for the friend who comes to you at midnight, pray for the saints, pray for all men. pray on the realization that you are only perfect in Christ Jesus, not on this plea--"O Lord, I have done my best, please hear me." how long is it going to take God to free us from the morbid habit of thinking about ourselves? we must get sick unto death of ourselves, until there is no longer any surprise at anything God can tell us about ourselves. We cannot touch the depths of meanness in ourselves. there is only one place where we are right, and that is in Christ Jesus. When we are there, then we have to pour out for all we are worth in this ministry of the interior."
i think he's onto something. when we really begin praying fervently and often, we start desiring what God desires. and if we can rest in the fact that he has already done it all and we just need to trust and rest as his children, then new life no longer seems a burden and all that space is freed up to pray and overflow into others!!!
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