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[Eric Fischbacher]
YESTERDAY one of the elders gave us a very powerful message on the question of revelation, his point being that if we seek fresh revelation from God, we must be prepared for what goes with revelation -- the thorn in the flesh. This means an experience of the cross, and he pointed out that the cross not only accompanies revelation, but is often the basis for it. We seek God for a fresh revelation of Himself and of His will, but when we find ourselves plunged into difficulties of one kind or another, we are offended.
YESTERDAY one of the elders gave us a very powerful message on the question of revelation, his point being that if we seek fresh revelation from God, we must be prepared for what goes with revelation -- the thorn in the flesh. This means an experience of the cross, and he pointed out that the cross not only accompanies revelation, but is often the basis for it. We seek God for a fresh revelation of Himself and of His will, but when we find ourselves plunged into difficulties of one kind or another, we are offended.
Yet this is God's answer to us -- not a blinding flash of light, but another situation of frustration in which God will reveal Himself and at the same time bring us into a new humility. He described the thorn in the flesh as something which makes us hang our heads in shame every time we think of it, and whenever we are inclined to be puffed up about what God has done, we remember, and blush, and recall our impotence in that direction. - Hong Kong Diary . Dr. E. Fischbacher
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