REDEMPTION:
A MORAL RESTORATION  TO THE DIVINE IMAGE

By A. W. Tozer

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace
always by all means. . . . 2 Thessalonians 3:16

    Symmetry is a right proportion of parts in relation to
each other and to the whole. By this simple definition
symmetry of character is both highly desirable and
extremely difficult to attain. Yet it is precisely what
Christ had in supreme degree and what every one of us
needs if we are to become saints in something beside
name!

    We can hardly conceive of God's creating us in such a
way that we should be forced to sacrifice one good thing
to attain another.

    If redemption is a moral restoration to the divine
image, (and it must be that ultimately), then we may
expect one of the first acts of God in the Christian's life
to  be  a  kind  of  moral  tuning-up,  a  bringing  into
harmony the discordant elements within the personality,
an adjustment of the soul to itself and to God.  And that
He does just this is the testimony of everyone who has
been truly converted!

    The new believer may state it in other language and
the  emotional  lift he  enjoys  may  be  so  great  as  to
prevent calm analysis, but the gist of his testimony will
be that he has found peace, a peace he can actually feel!
The twists and tensions within his heart have corrected
themselves as a result of his new orientation to Christ.

        He can then sing,
        "Now rest, my long-divided heart;
        Fixed on this blissful center rest."
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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.