Be Thou My Vision

Silence is Golden

Be Thou My Vision — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Priceless as the gift of utterance may be, the practice of silence in some aspects far excels it. Do not think me a Quaker. Well, be it so. Herein I follow George Fox most lovingly; for I am persuaded that most of us think too much of speech, which after all is but the shell of thought. Quiet contemplation, still worship, unuttered rapture, these are mine when my best jewels are before me. Brethren, rob not your heart of the deep sea joys; miss not the far-down life, by for ever babbling among the broken shells and foaming surges of the shore. (Lectures to My Students, 51).

A Heart Filled with Light

Be Thou My Vision — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Father, I want to know Thee, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys. I cannot part with them without inward bleeding, and I do not try to hide from Thee the terror of the parting. I come trembling, but 1 do come. Please root from my heart all those things which 1 have cherished so long and which have become a very part of my living self, so that Thou mayest enter avid dwell there without a rival. Then shalt Thou make the place of Thy feet glorious. Then shall my heart have no need of the sun to shine in it, for Thyself wilt be the light of it, and there shall be no night there. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer, 30.

Uncommon Common Beauty

Be Thou My Vision — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The coloured sunsets and starry heavens, the beautiful mountains and the shining seas, the fragrant woods and painted flowers, are not half so beautiful as a soul that is serving Jesus out of love, in the wear and tear of common, unpoetic life.

–Faber

Need a New Perspective?

Be Thou My Vision — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

“If the Lord lifts up the light of His countenance upon you as He has done upon me this day, all your mountains will become molehills.” Samuel Pearce

Unconsumed in Fire

Be Thou My Vision — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Tho’ in affliction’s furnace tried,

Unhurt, on snares and death I’ll tread;

Tho’ sin assail, and hell, thrown wide,

Pour all its flames upon my head,

Like Moses’ bush I’ll mount the higher,

And flourish, unconsumed, in fire.

~Charles Wesley

When I’m Blind I See Best

Be Thou My Vision — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Remember it is the very time for faith to work when sight ceases. The greater the difficulties, the easier for faith; as long as there remain certain natural prospects, faith does not get on even as easily as where natural prospects fail.

–George Mueller

God The Archer

Be Thou My Vision — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not hit the saint by chance, but by direction. God does not draw His bow at a venture. Every one of His arrows goes upon a special errand and touches no breast but his against whom it is sent. It is not only the grace, but the glory of a believer when we can stand and take affliction quietly. –Joseph Caryl

Blessedness through Brokeness

Be Thou My Vision — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

“We must in our hearts live through Abraham’s harsh and bitter experiences if we would know the blessedness which follows them. The ancient curse will not go out painlessly; the tough old miser within us will not lie down and die obedient to our command. He must be torn out of our heart like a plant from the soil; he must be extracted in agony and blood like a tooth from the jaw. He must be expelled from our soul by violence as Christ expelled the money changers from the temple. And we shall need to steel ourselves against his piteous begging, and to recognize it as springing out of self-pity, one of the most reprehensible sins of the human heart.”

The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer, 29.

The Flight of Prayer

Be Thou My Vision — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

“What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.”

Corrie Ten Boom

Dark Brightness

Be Thou My Vision — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I have learnt to love the darkness of sorrow; there you see the brightness of His face.

-Madame Guyon