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William Penn on George Fox in Prayer |
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"But above all he excelled in prayer. The inwardness and weight of his spirit, the reverence and solemnity of his address and behavior and the fewness and fullness of his words, have often struck strangers, as they used to reach others with consolation, The most awe-full, living reverent frame I ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer. And truly it was a testimony he knew. . . " As Willam Penn witnessed with much admiration, George Fox surrendered to God completely as he prayed. In Fox's prayer, he waited on God for deeper spiritual love and knowledge with the profound understanding that Christ awareness was much greater than his as it is greater than our own. Fox, in other words, waited on the Lord for ways to spread the goodness as well as the inspiration of the gospel. It is the same God that motivated early Friends to pursue Gospel Order. Today we need to pray for ways to implement the Lord's aspirations for his people. May we listen!
Arthur Berk |