"But we drag our heels. We're not sure God can be trusted. We ask, "What is this He's asking? What does He have in mind? Where is He taking me?" We come to a dead halt and question our feelings, examine our ability to do the thing or our inclination to comply. To comply! With the Lord of the Universe! The King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the Ancient of Days! … Lord, let my love for You be of the kind that, hearing Your word of command, springs at once to obedient action."
— Elisabeth Elliot
Source: Guided by God's Promises, pp. 340–341
Obedience, command, call
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"Dr. Trumbull learned that the flow of that life was dependent upon two simple conditions. After having received the Lord Jesus as personal Saviour there is first, surrender, an absolute and unconditional surrender to the Saviour as Lord and Master of one's life, irrespective of the cost; and second, the quiet act of faith, apart from any feeling or immediate evidence that God does set the trusting soul wholly free from the law of sin."
— V. Raymond Edman
Source: They Found the Secret (1960), chapter on Charles G. Trumbull, p. 123