I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him. Should God make the worst interpretation of all your ways towards him, as you do of his towards you, it would be very ill with you. God is pleased to manifest his love thus to us, to make the best interpretations of what we do, and therefore God puts a sense upon the actions of his people that one would think could hardly be (The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 224, emphasis added).
Jeremiah Burroughs (via Kevin DeYoung) (via christianity) (via brianmolloy)
I appreciate Kevin DeYoung following up on his blog to the same question I had…
Q: But, what does it mean for God to “make the best interpretations of what we do?
A: …Burroughs goes on to argue that God calls us perfect, even when we have but little obedience; he calls us saints even when we have only a little holiness. In other words, God notices the good we do, even if it is small. How much more, then, should we notice the good God does, when he is nothing but good.
