Wise words from Think Wink

When Jonathan Edwards was growing up, his parents prayed for three things for little Jonathan:

1.) That he be filled with the Holy Spirit;

2.) That he know the Holy Scriptures;

3.) That he be great in the sight of the Lord.

It is very evident looking at what he recorded during his life that he knew the Scriptures very well. Reading of the ministry of Edwards and the life that he lived, it is very evident that he was filled the Holy Spirit. By human eyes, Edwards was and is great. He was used by God in a great manner and greatly during the (First?) Great Awakening. As a fellow believer in Christ, he was great before God in that he was chosen by God before the foundations of the world for salvation in Christ Jesus and through grace he was given a heart to believe and through that faith he obtained the righteousness freely offered by Christ’s death. Thus in the eyes of God, Edwards is as great as Jesus has so made him by virtue of His righteousness.

Moral of this snippet: God honors the prayers of praying parents. Parents pray for your children, God will hear and listen to you. You never know, your child might become the next Edwards/Calvin/Luther/Augustine/Spurgeon/Whitefield/Graham/Lewis.

Taken from here

~ by Jeff de Ruyter on June 6, 2007.