There must be somewhere a fixed center against which everything else is measured, where the law of relativity does not enter and we can say "IS" and make no allowances. Such a center is God. When God would make His Name known to mankind, He could find no better word than "I AM".…Everyone and everything else measures from that fixed point. "I am that I am," says God, "I change not."
As the sailor locates his position on the sea by "shooting" the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when and only when we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position.
Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.…It is no use. We can get a right start only by accepting Goad as he is. As we go on to know Him better we shall find it a source of unspeakable joy that God is just what He
is.
And, the quote in Sunday's outline should have read as follows: "Not only do we now know God except through Jesus Christ; we do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ." [Blaise Pascal; it's amazing the difference in meaning one small word makes!]
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