"Resolved, to live so at all times as I think is best in my devout frames, and when I have clearest notions of things of the gospel and another world."
-Jonathan Edwards
I love this one. Sometimes, in those moments of spiritual clarity, my "devout frames" as Edwards calls them, by the grace of God I am given holy convictions by which God intends to bring true satisfaction and joy into my life. However, in the midst of ordinary circumstances and my daily routine, I tend to question some of those convictions that seemed so clear and right in my "devout frames." Jonathan Edwards' eighteenth resolution inspires a resolve in me to, in my weaker moments, cling to those things God has shown me.
Many a conviction seem odd and feel a bit ridiculous when taken from the place of devotion and applied in this fallen world. But, dear Christian, you must trust. Trust that what God reveals to you in your devout frames (assuming its continuity with Scripture) will bring true and lasting satisfaction and joy for you, and more importantly, honor and glory to your Father. Let us be the witness to the world that we are designed to be "a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life." (2Cor.2:15-16) One who consistently seeks God's face and clings to His words will be a sweet fragrance to their heavenly Father and rewarded beyond their wildest imagination.
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