[0:14]Our dreams are tawdry, showy, but cheap, and of poor quality when they are compared to the leading of God. They are not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only doeth wonders. His hand can work nothing less. In my own experience, I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the great experience of being in God's will. I believe that nothing could be better. His will is always a bigger thing than we bargained for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable, and perfect. Father, let me loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my possessions. Lord, help me release the tension of my grasping hand. Open it, as Christ's was opened, to receive the nail of Calvary, that I might be unleashed from all that binds me. God, saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be a flame. I seek not a long life, but a full one like you, Lord Jesus. Surely those who know the great compassionate heart of God must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His. Compelled by His call from the Throne above, from those round about, and even from the damned souls below — I dare not stay home while others perish! It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. We are spiritual pacifists in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places! American believers have sold their lives to the service of Mammon, and the tombs themselves are not colder than our well-fed churches. Their condemnation is written in the dust on their Bible covers. We are content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. Young men are going into the professional fields because they don't feel called'. We don't need a call; we need a kick in the pants! We need a STIRRING! May God send us forth! Because He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. I pray that the Lord will give you a hallowed dare-devil spirit in lifting the sword of Truth, consuming you with a passion that is called by the cultured citizen of Christendom 'FANATICISM', but known to God as that saintly madness that led His Son through bloody sweat and hot tears — to Glory! How long dare we go on without passion and love? Not long, I pray. Lord Jesus, not long.
[3:17]Jim Elliot died as a martyr while striving to reach the Auca Indians with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His testimony has stirred thousands to surrender their lives to the Lord. Will you answer the call? God wants to use your life.
