Have you ever tried to save
a drowning man? The trouble is that his fear prevents him trusting himself to
you. When that is so, there are just two ways of going about it. Either you
must knock him unconscious and then drag him to the shore, or else you must
leave him to struggle and shout until his strength gives way before you go to
his rescue. If you try to save him while he has any strength left, he will
clutch at you in his terror and drag you under, and both he and you will be
lost. God is waiting for your store of strength to be utterly exhausted before
he can deliver you. Once you have ceased to struggle, he will do everything.
God is waiting for you to despair. |