God’s work always moves inside out. He moves deep inside a situation, changes the heart and aloow the natural results of the heart change to flow out.
That’s one reason we often miss God working. Work in the heart is not obvious. If you mix yeast in the dough and watch, you won’t see anything happen. But if you go away, wait for awhile, and then come back, something has happened.
Of course, people are impatient. They want results now. They want to see something move now. So, they begin to push from the outside in. It is a lot easier to agitate from the outside. To picket. To have voter drives. It is much harder, more sacrificial to adjust a lifestyle to create the atmosphere for heart change.
That’s one reason we often miss God working. Work in the heart is not obvious. If you mix yeast in the dough and watch, you won’t see anything happen. But if you go away, wait for awhile, and then come back, something has happened.
Of course, people are impatient. They want results now. They want to see something move now. So, they begin to push from the outside in. It is a lot easier to agitate from the outside. To picket. To have voter drives. It is much harder, more sacrificial to adjust a lifestyle to create the atmosphere for heart change.
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