Dallas Willard Daily Devotional, July 22, 2019

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God uses our history to develop us God uses history to allow people to approach him in a way that will not consume them. He creates a place to meet people where they are and then leads them onward to something better. We probably haven't arrived there yet, so we are still in the process of learning, developing, and growing, and that is the good side of what some call progressivism. But there must be conservatism as well; within progressivism the good that was already there is to be conserved and made better. It is not simply set aside. God has been developing people, individuals as well as groups, in this way throughout the passage of time. And eventually, in "the fullness of time" (Gal. 4:4), Christ came. A lot of people want to know why he didn't come as soon as the Israelites were out of Egypt or why he didn't just come directly to Abraham. And the answer is because God is working through the whole process of human history to develop a people who freely choose him, live for what is good, and trust in him alone. From The Allure of Gentleness: Defending the Faith in the Manner of Jesus. Copyright © 2015 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Forward this email to your friends, or invite them to subscribe to receive the Dallas Willard Daily Devotional.

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