BE, not DON'T 2/19 Friday Faith

Men are afraid to say yes to God.  When a young man, I sat in a little meeting one night when the Spirit was talking to my heart.  I said, "If I am going to be a Christian, I cannot do this, and I cannot do that."  Oh, mighty God, it almost makes my soul vomit in these days to think of the average conception a man has of Christianity.
About ninety percent of so-called Christianity is all spelled with four letters, d-o-n'-t.  Don't do this and don't do that.  The individual restraining himself, putting himself in a harness, walking according to laws and ordinances, etc.  Why, bless God, religion is all contained in two letters, b-e.  Not performing acts, but being the thing that God purposed.

--John G. Lake