God makes us willing
“And a
certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the
Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were
spoken
of Paul.” — Acts 16:14
God’s intention is that Lydia shall be saved.
Yet, you know, no woman was ever saved against her will.
God makes us willing in the day
of his power, and it is the way of his grace not to violate
the will, but sweetly to overcome it. Never will there be
anybody dragged to heaven by the ears: depend upon that. We
shall go there with all our hearts and all our desires.
- C. H. Spurgeon,
The First European Convert
