I
continue to read books by E. Stanley Jones.
He was my mother’s favorite author, and a famous Methodist missionary
and preacher. Below are my reflections
on my reading of the ideas on p 54 titled Destiny
in Directions from the book, The Way to
Power and Poise.
Jesus
Christ is the beginning and the end. Jesus
declared, “I am the Way!
John
16:13 The Holy Spirit will declare to you
the things that are to come. Certain
ways fit in with God’s ways, and the future is with them- reality backs them.
We can live
ahead of the times, when we are receptive to what the Holy Spirit reveals to
our hearts. In Jesus, the past, present
and future is revealed to us.
Destiny
is morally discerned, certain events
are bound to follow certain causes. Everything
that fits in with Jesus is destined to
rule, and everything that does not fit in is doomed to ruin.
The Way
of Jesus is always the Way and every other way is not-the-way.
Because
of Jesus, evil has met its match, and has been defeated. All evil we face has the footprint of the son of God on its neck.
Let’s live as a convincing demonstration of Christ’s transforming Power
