I found a quotation which encapsulates my formula.
God's will is that our lives should be in "a perpetual crisis of dependence on him." We defeat his will in our lives when we lay up treasures on earth.
The life of faith does not follow automatically when a person becomes a Christian. It requires deliberate action on his part. This is specially true in an affluent society. The believer must put himself in a position where he is compelled to trust God...It is only as he gets rid of his reserves and other false supports that he can truly launch out into the deep.
God pours out his choicest blessings on those who are anxious that nothing shall stick to their hands. Individuals who value the rainy day fund above the present agony o the world will get no blessing from God.
--William MacDonald, True Discipleship
I have to get this book!
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