is it with you? The Lord has so much more for you. He says, “Let me take your life. Stop being a squatter and living in a tent. Come out and move on in fellowship.” A squatter is someone who takes old things and tries to make do with them. When Christ gets hold of you, and you enjoy His fullness, then you grow in grace. You start to be an inheritor, appropriating all that is of Christ. Of course, no one forces you to be anything more than a squatter. It’s your choice! Your own life will be a disappointment when the Lord has for you “much more” if you do not take it. Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer, except that which lies outside the will of God. One isn’t prosperous just because he gets enough credit to live beyond his own means.
real in our own day-by-day experi ence. It is an absolute wonder to wake up each day, saying, “Thank you, dear Lord, for the gift of this opportunity.” If all you know is that your sins are forgiven, you are still a babe in Christ, nothing more than a squatter. Just because we get older, or are more active in church work, doesn’t mean that we’re growing spir itually. When you stop being a squat ter and say, “Lord Jesus, now I want to have all there is of You; take my life and give me joy, blessings, and victory.” This is the way one grows in the Christian faith. We need to mature in the fullness of Christ. How So many people make the big mistake of working themselves to death, just so they can get the things which supposed ly enable them to live better. True wisdom is like a river for the deeper it flows, the less noise it makes.
Professor Joseph Wong, one of the members of the faculty of the Arizona Bible College in the field of Christian Education, speaks to a class of students at Biota'sPhoenix affiliate. ABC, as if is popularly known, has consistentlygrown in enrollment since Biola took over the ministry some five years ago.
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