I remember some time ago having a conversation with a young married girl who said she was really having trouble living the Christian life. She felt that she was doing things that weren’t pleasing to the Lord, and she just didn’t seem to be able to turn that around, to change that, to make it different. She confessed that she had been “seeking more of God” is the way she put it. She was trying all the spiritual experiences. She had gone into a charismatic environment, and she had tried to speak in tongues. She had even been “slain,” as it were, in the Spirit, as they call it.
She said, “I’m trying to get all I can get from God.” And my response to here was,