Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sunday Saying - Magic Show

"Our faith is not about magic, it’s about partnering with God to see remarkable things happen through faithfulness and consistency over a long-period of time. If we buy into the instant-results mindset of our culture (that is depressed and confused itself) we will become very frustrated with God. God has a system for growing food. If one farmer does no work, but prays and sings to God, and another farmer does work, and does not pray or sing to God, then the farmer who prayed will starve and the farmer who worked will eat, because even though the second farmer didn’t acknowledge God, he understood God’s ways and he adhered to the principles God created. The first farmer was just looking for a magic show." - Donald Miller

2 comments:

Cassandra Frear said...

Great quote.

Which of his books is that one from?

Janet Oberholtzer said...

I love it also.

I got it from a post on his blog on 2/14/10.

http://donmilleris.com/2010/02/14/following-god-and-farming/