Sinclair Ferguson

He is infinite and independent, but he's not a prisoner of his infinity.

In the mystery of his being, he can make himself known in history, and more than that, he can come to be with his needy people and to save them.

I wonder if this reminds you, as it reminds me, of the piece of paper that was found sewn into the coat lining of Blaise Pascal when he died.

Here's part of what was written on it.

The Year of Grace, 1654.

Monday, November the 23rd.

From about 10.30 in the evening to about half an hour after midnight.

Fire.

God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and savants.

Certitude, certitude, feeling, joy, peace.

God of Jesus Christ.

Deum meum et deum vestrum.

Your God will be my God.

My God will be your God.

forgetting the world and everything except God.

He is only found by the paths taught in the gospel.

Grandeur of the human soul.

Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you.

Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy.

This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent, Jesus Christ.