How
many times have you heard the phrase, “God
is in Control”? Have you ever stopped to
consider what this really means and how you can
apply the simple truth of these four words to
your life? David Eells, servant of God, through
intense study of the Word of God and devotion
to the quest to know God, has been granted the
meaning that anyone can understand and embrace.
For many years, he and his family have actually
lived the life of faith that many make reference
to but do not truly understand.
When
asked for a picture and credentials for a biography
for this book David wrote, “Honestly the
thought makes me uncomfortable. If this is an
important part of Christian authorship then
you have the wrong book. I assure you I am not
an eminent theologian. The important question
is, has the Holy Spirit found a willing vessel?
When
the disciples were interrogated by the theologians,
the Scripture says in Acts 4:13, “Now when
they beheld the boldness of Peter and John,
and had perceived that they were unlearned and
ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge
of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
When you read this book, I believe that you
will see that I am qualified for the same reasons
to be used by the Lord, for His “power
is made perfect in weakness.”
Once,
as I was teaching a group of seminary students,
one of them asked me why I had not attended
their college. I said, ‘If I had attended
your college I would have been limited to study
from the best that your denomination has to
offer. If I desired to study what men have to
say about the Word, I can go to the Christian
Bookstore and study the best that history has
to offer.’ Another then asked, ‘How
do you then discipline yourself to study? We
have to study in order to give answers.’
I said, ‘Yes, but only the answers that
they want to hear. For me it is a gift. It is
my desire to study. I do not have to be under
a law.’
When
I came to the Lord, having never been a studious
person, those who knew me were shocked because
all I wanted to do was study the Word. A little
later I studied the writings of the reformers,
early church fathers and a few modern teachers.
Soon that fad passed and I stuck with the Word
and the Holy Spirit, finding them immeasurably
superior.”
Whether
you are a new Christian, full of questions and
sincere desire to learn more about the True
Living God, or you are a life-long, surrendered
servant of Christ, the message, in the following
pages, edited from David’s teachings, will
lift and enlighten you. May God bless these
words to open your heart and mind so that you
might experience the presence of God in your
life.
April
Fields - editor
