Venerable saints, long in tooth and short in memory, may be a valued repository of spiritual wisdom gathered over the years, but many have forgotten what it is to gasp in wonder at the majestic genius of a holy God. For many of us He has become little more than a favorite old uncle that we sing about on Sunday mornings and occasionally pray to because, after all, He is God. These apathetic responses to such a dynamic God and gracious Savior can be the unfortunate result of knowing Him for so long.
He is an old friend of whom we think we know everything there is to know, so we have stopped asking about what we don’t. Knowing a little, we forget the wealth beyond our ken.
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