I was touched by his teaching on Israel wanting a king and rejecting the prophet. Because of this action of rejecting the prophet for the king he writes, "He (the prophet) was a lonely voice crying in the wilderness." (176) Revelation says that prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. I am convicted that when I sin and want a "king" of my own control and my own sovereignty I reject pure GUIDANCE which is submitting to the testimony of Jesus. When I sin, I send the prophet to the wilderness or worse yet as Christ proclaimed I murder the prophet. I murder the prophet by killing the testimony of Jesus within me by sin. OUCH! Thank you Jesus for the righteousness you reveal in my sin.
"Spiritual direction takes up the concrete daily experiences of our lives and gives them sacramental significance." - (186) This line captures the incredible mystery we step into when we allow "kairos" time - (Christ filling all things with meaning/logos time (John, Ephesians, Revelation, Bible)) to invade our "chronos" time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., etc.)
"Scripture must pervade and penetrate our thinking and acting." (188) Another mysterious step into the Word of God invading chronos time. Love it.
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