taceo clamantis

There is a young man walking across campus. He has failed again today, perhaps having gotten angry at a roommate, or realizing that he has succumbed to unbelief once more. His heart is asking when this will end, when these failures and sins will cease to beset him constantly. He wonders how this will affect his future ministry, knowing that one day he will need to lead a family, a church, a mission. How can he do so when he doesn’t seem to conquer his everyday flesh impulses?

There is a girl lying on her bed in the dorm, staring at the ceiling above her. She looks back over her day, her week, and feels the dull ache of routine. Devos, prayer, classes, chapel, homework… but she hasn’t really felt the power of God in her life. Her heart yearns for more, and she has asked over and over for a fresh touch. Sometimes she wonders if this is all there is. She knows of the unfathomable miracle of redemption and the amazing gift of grace, but still she wants something beyond what she has now.

Can you answer him? Can you help her? Have you walked this path before and succeeded? Have you risen above these issues? Can you provide guidance, counsel, leading?

Then why aren’t you?