"Last night I realized that I am the person who eagerly desires a destination and has resisted the means God sends to take me there.
One should expect that at a certain level of training, in whatever discipline, the tests would become more difficult. No one begins white water rafting on a Level 6 course. The able teacher will start the neophyte on a Level 1 river, placid waters with minor ripples. As the student masters first sporadic choppiness and then larger waves, he will be ready for the rapids.
The goal is perfection of skills and the subjugation of the body and mind and will. God leaves no guesswork regarding His goal...“This is the will of God, your sanctification.”
Let us say a person were to pass God’s piddling baby tests...What kinds of tests would follow? How would He ratchet up the course to a level 2, or 3, or 4, or 5?...I looked into the pit of despair and, uncharacteristically, I recognized it for what it was—white water for my training in sanctification."
Andree Seu
