From The Editor
go d e e p e r ,
d r aw n e a re r
“Look closer,” God said. “Look closer at what? Or whom?” I asked. In the months
afterwards, He led me to individuals (featured in this issue) who don’t just live
in the world they’ve been given, but explore the power to change it. And that
power is God. More than a stroll, the life they experience is reminiscent of an
ambush, but where desires can only be satisfied in Him alone. The ebb of the
world opposes them, but in their lives He is magnified, glorified and justified. Dying
to their selves is considered a privilege, not a sacrifice. And it made me wonder if
they were made for another world. In this place, I felt God ask, “Do you desire to
go deeper and draw nearer to Me, like they have?”
As you hold these pages in your hands, stop and encounter your own exchange
with God. Let Him draw you in. Listen to Him. And in the silences between His
words, hear what you have to say in return. His message to you is lodged in there.
But in the same way I am giving His question some thought, we need to ask
ourselves, “Will we let anyone, or anything, stand between us, and God?”
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